On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Robin Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > On Sep 18, 3:00 pm, CPerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > But, like you said, having those extra options may benefit me more in > > the long run. > > > > --Cory > > > > Hi Cory, > > I've used both on separate projects and agree with Mauricio that > Paperclip is easier to use but it is really only for use where you > have a model (e.g. Person), who has an attribute of photo. If you > want the Person to have multiple photos, you would need to use > attachment_fu and if you want the photo to have its own attributes > (e.g. title, location), attachment_fu would be the way to go. > > Best Regards > > Robin > I have used both extensively. You can just as easily have a separate model for the purpose of having multiple photos with paperclip, as you can with attachment_fu. One key advantage of paperclip over attachment_fu when you have many images is that paperclip only needs one record for the image and all its thumbnails, whereas attachment_fu uses a database record for each thumbnail as well. When you are dealing with hundreds of thousands of images, this decreased database usage can become significant. -- Benjamin Curtis http://railskits.com/ - Ready-made Rails code http://catchthebest.com/ - Team-powered recruiting http://www.bencurtis.com/ - Personal blog --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
