> Can anyone point me to a howto that shows the absolute minimum needed
> for file uploads to a database binary column using native RoR? I've
> googled around, and all the results seem to be about plugins like
> paperclip or attachment_fu, or complex examples that don't seem to
> address a very basic need.
>
> I currently have a schema with:
>
> create_table "attachments", :force => true do |t|
> t.integer "user_id"
> t.integer "property_id"
> t.binary "file"
> t.datetime "created_at"
> t.datetime "updated_at"
> end
>
> and a scaffolded controller with a view containing:
>
> <% form_for @attachment, :html => {:multipart => true} do |f| %>
> <%= f.error_messages %>
> <!-- other stuff snipped -->
> <%= f.label :file %><br />
> <%= f.file_field :file %>
> </p>
> <p>
> <%= f.submit 'Create' %>
> </p>
> <% end %>
>
> Uploading a file tells me:
>
> NoMethodError in AttachmentsController#create
> private method `gsub' called for
> #<File:/tmp/RackMultipart20091116-1557-wrrxpn-0>
You can't just assign a File object to a field in the database. You
need to take care of reading the file into a string and putting that
into the database.
That all said... seriously look at paperclip. It handles all of this
for you. Not sure if it has a "db storage" option, but it wouldn't be
hard to write one.
> but I can't find *any* useful documentation as to what needs to go
> into
> the create action to pull it all together. I don't want to do anything
> complicated; I just want to store the binary in the database for later
> retrieval.
--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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
-~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
