On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Amit Tomar <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > > Luis ,this is how am downloading my files > > send_data(@data,:filename => @containerformat.name+extension, > :disposition => 'attachment') > but i am getting error failed to allocate memory for large files ,for > small files it's working fine >
Because send_data will try to load the whole file in memory. http://apidock.com/rails/ActionController/Streaming/send_data Since the file is not dynamically generated, serve it directly, don't put it behind Rails. > and one thing more i observed while uploading large files , whenever i > upload data more than 2gb from IE OR from mozila ,both restarts but for > google chorme its working fine??? Neither IE or Mozilla do chunked uploads. Chrome does and mongrels properly streams the chunked upload to a temporary file. -- Luis Lavena AREA 17 - Perfection in design is achieved not when there is nothing more to add, but rather when there is nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry _______________________________________________ Mongrel-users mailing list Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users
