similar to: file_column url_for_file_column from within controler

Hi, Say I have a model Event that has a file_column called ''pdf''. I want to send out emails that contain the URL for the pdf file that''s associated with the Event. I also want to test the emails, so I''d need to be able to get at the URL for the pdf inside my unit tests. I don''t see how I can use url_for_file_column in this situation. Doing <%=

Hmm, I''m using file_column and going by this tutorial, the files upload ok and I can see the fields updated in the database, but I am getting this error: "Trying to access file_column, but primary key got lost." Thanks in advance -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Hi, I have the following in a viewer Here, @lst = Homework.find(:all) is an array of homeworks. I checked this this is correct. Based on the error below, somehow, the url_for_file_colum does not like to act on the model element. I checked the source code to url_for_file_column, and the problem is with instance_variable_get(). I have no idea wat is going on! Any help is appreciated. Gordon.

1) installation is not as smooth as some other plug-ins. If you follow the instructions on http://www.kanthak.net/opensource/file_column/ it makes a directory called trunk instead of file_column. You have to manually rename it to file_column. I guess this is a minor annoyance but it gives me the feeling that things aren''t quite like other plugins. 2) I get this error: undefined

Hi Guys, I have been struggling with this one for a while... file_column 0.3.1 My file gets uploaded and thumbnailed correctly, however <%= url_for_file_column("item", "image") %> returns nil... I have tracked the problem to line 60 in file_column_helper.rb but I cant figure out why my model would return nil in this case... -- Posted via

I am using the very helpful file_column extension in my app. The uploading portion works great - no problems. Where I am having an issue is displaying the images in my view. My code looks like this: <% for @record in @main_box_releases -%> <%= image_tag(url_for_file_column("record", "record_cover")) %> <% end -% @record is an instance of a class called

Hi, url_for_file_column @variable, ''name'', takes an instance variable. My question is, what if I don''t want to have to retrieve the instance variable every single time but I have the image id, along with its name with me. Could I contruct that object in a view and pass it to url_for_file_column: <% @picture = Picture.new %> @picture.id = ...

Hi All, i have i niggly little showstopper -> I need to access file_column_helper from within the controller, as I need to include an image in my "pdf-write" code... Any sane way to do this? "Require ''rails_file_column''" still gives me an error: "undefined method `url_for_file_column''..." (I am using *svn* version with Rails 1.0)

Hi All, I am using the file_column plugin to upload images. The model that I am using is simply called images (id, name, caption - name being the "file" column) and it belongs_to a parent model called books which has_many images. I was able to figure out how to enter the images into the correct model when updating of form of the parent model (books). Now I need to figure out

I am using the file column plugin. If i upload an image it works correctly but if i want to show an image it not works. in my template i insert url_for_file_column(@core, "image", "thumb") but return "" i tried to print @core.image but it is set to nil. My model is this: class Core < ActiveRecord::Base has_one :forum_topic has_many :votes has_many

I added this test towards the end of the included file_column_helper_test.rb that shipped with the file_column plugin: def test_url_for_file_column_different_root_path Entry.file_column :image, :root_path => File.join(RAILS_ROOT, "public/files") e = Entry.new(:image => upload(f("skanthak.png"))) assert_match %r{/public/files/entry/image},

Hi, Sebastian Kanthak of the file_column-Plugin wrote once: "is the photo object inside a local variable or an instance variable (e.g. photo or @photo)? url_for_file_column only works with instance variables, like all other active record form helpers. Could this be the problem?" So I''m using file_column in a partial, e.g. <%= render (:partial => "product",

Hi all, I''m trying to use file_column to upload a picture but I''m getting the following error: "cannot convert nil into String" caused by the last line in FileColumnHelper::url_for_file_column(object_name, method) url << object.send("#{method}_relative_path") I don''t have any images uploaded for existing entries so does this not

To make file_column work I have to copy my local variable back to an instance variables like this: <% for product in @products @product = product %> <div class="catalogentry"> <%= image_tag url_for_file_column(''product'', ''image_url'') %></p> This is needed because file_column specifically looks for the instance

Hey, I''ve gotten file_column to upload a file, drop it in the dynamic directory, but I can''t display the image, the directories repeat themselves: My model: class Person < ActiveRecord::Base file_column :image_url In my view: <%= image_tag url_for_file_column(''person'', ''image_url'') %> HTML generated is this: <img

I have a partial that has the following code: <% if product.prd_big_image.nil? %> <img alt="Image" src="/images/empty.jpg"> <% else %> <%= image_tag url_for_file_column(:product, :prd_big_image, "normal") %> <% end %> and get the following error You have a nil object when you didn''t expect it! The error occurred while

Can someone please help me with this. I have an Images table :- create table images ( id integer unsigned not null auto_increment primary key, image varchar(200) not null default '''' )ENGINE=InnoDB default CHARSET=latin1; And a car table :- create table cars ( id integer unsigned not null auto_increment primary key, user_id integer unsigned not null, title varchar(100) not

I also posted this on Rails Engines forum. Sorry for the double post. I am trying to configure file_column plugin so that it stores the images in a directory completely outside of RAILS_ROOT. I have no problems in storing the files by setting :root_path option. But I can''t get to display these images using ''url_for_file_column''. What I get instead of the image is

Anyone able to post a copy of the svn trunk of file_column? The website''s been down for the past few days, and I''ve only got the last release (0.31, I think), which is missing a whole load of goodies. Tx

Hi, I downloaded FileColumn plugin and love the concept. But when I tried the example listed on the plugin web site, I got the following error: NoMethodError in Entry#new undefined method `file_column'' for Entry:Class My environement is Red Hat linux 9.0 with mysql 4.1. I installed file_column under vendor/plugins. If I run "ls", I get the following directories: