Sent from my iPhone On May 20, 2011, at 5:32 AM, Mohnish G j <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello all, > > I am trying to implement a feature in my app where a user posts a > message along with an image. > > This is something similar to what is there in `www.diasp.org` . > > I dealing with a pretty much outdated configuration of Rails 2.0.2 and > Ruby 1.8.7 , both running on Ubuntu 10.04 OS for project specific > purposes. > > Initially, I found a problem in finding an appropriate plugin for > paperclip which would suit the above configuration needs. > > I am finally making use of this commit of paperclip:- > > > https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip/commit/d177c8f838458348a9f4d1fe41918c5bd99a989c > . > > I have been able to implement a basic POC successfully without any > issues whatsoever with this plugin and thought its time to do the same > in my project app. > > The current problem I am facing is that on submitting a post message, I > am unable to figure out where I am going wrong as in terms of what is > obstructing the photo to be passed as a params to the group_post > attribute that I am making use of. > > I am having all this in a partial.... The part of the code that would > accept an image and a message is like this... > > <%if @current_user.is_an_existing_member_of_group(@investor_group)%> > <%form_for :group_post, :url => {:action => :post_message, :id => > params[:id]},:html => {:multipart => 'true', :id => 'new_post'} do |f| > -%> > Start Discussion:<%=f.text_field :message%> > <%=f.file_field :photo%> > <%=f.submit "Post" %> > <%end%> > > <div id = "latest_post"> </div> > <%for a in @group_all_posts %> > <%= image_tag a.photo.url %> > <%= a.message %> by <%= Investor.find(a.post_by).first_name %> <div > class ="contentdispgrp" id="style_chck"> <%= > distance_of_time_in_words(a.created_at,Time.now) %> ago </div><br/><br/> > <hr/> > <%end%> > > > I actually tried comparing this with the view file in my POC which > successfully uploaded images for me and even displayed the same. The > new.html.erb file of my POC looks like this:- > You POC and actual apps form_for are different. In the POC your are doing a :post and in the actual form you are missing it. You have :group_post. That is not a method of posting and is being treated like a parameter as shown in your log file. Change :group_post to :post. B. > <h1>New post</h1> > > <%= error_messages_for :post %> > > <% form_for :post, :url => {:action => :create}, :html => { > :multipart => true } do |f| %> > <p> > <b>Message</b><br /> > <%= f.text_field :message %> > </p> > > <%= f.file_field :photo%> > > <p> > <%= f.submit "Create" %> > </p> > <% end %> > > <%= link_to 'Back', posts_path %> > > > > A glimpse of what is being passed as part of the params as per the log > looks something like this wrt the POC running:- > > **Case 1** > > > Processing PostsController#create (for 127.0.0.1 at 2011-05-20 > 15:55:00) [POST] > Session ID: > BAh7ByIKZmxhc2hJQzonQWN0aW9uQ29udHJvbGxlcjo6Rmxhc2g6OkZsYXNo%0ASGFzaHsABjoKQHVzZWR7ADoMY3NyZl9pZCIlZjQ5NWYyNDAxNDVjNmZkOGU5%0AZjM0ZjJjOTZlOTRlM2I%3D--a30d15cac639bde46b5d57218084da993caf094b > Parameters: {"commit"=>"Create", > "post"=>{"photo"=>#<File:/tmp/CGI20110520-5743-u5iauq-0>, > "message"=>"abc1"}, > "authenticity_token"=>"1c19641bd05adb24157f5f1d04b4c8e072cb7ebe", > "action"=>"create", "controller"=>"posts"} > Post Columns (0.000975) SHOW FIELDS FROM `posts` > SQL (0.000199) BEGIN > Post Create (0.000332) INSERT INTO `posts` (`created_at`, > `photo_file_size`, `photo_file_name`, `updated_at`, > `photo_content_type`, `photo_updated_at`, `message`) VALUES('2011-05-20 > 15:55:00', 83794, 'Water lilies.jpg', '2011-05-20 15:55:00', > 'image/jpeg', NULL, 'abc1') > SQL (0.059184) COMMIT > Redirected to http://localhost:4004/posts/22 > Completed in 0.33966 (2 reqs/sec) | DB: 0.06069 (17%) | 302 > Found [http://localhost/posts] > > **Case 2** > > A glimpse of what is being passed as part of the params as per the log > looks something like this wrt the project app running:- > > > Processing GroupsController#post_message (for 127.0.0.1 at > 2011-05-20 15:42:52) [POST] > Session ID: 0d806dc029197b7db11552a447dd329e > Parameters: {"group_post"=>{"message"=>"hi5"}, > "action"=>"post_message", "id"=>"10", "controller"=>"groups"} > Investor Columns (0.002125) SHOW FIELDS FROM `investors` > Investor Load (0.000173) SELECT * FROM `investors` WHERE > (`investors`.`id` = 397) LIMIT 1 > InvestorGroup Columns (0.001198) SHOW FIELDS FROM > `investor_groups` > InvestorGroup Load (0.000114) SELECT * FROM `investor_groups` > WHERE (`investor_groups`.`id` = 10) > InvestorGroup Load (0.000207) SELECT investor_groups.* FROM > investor_groups INNER JOIN investor_group_members ON investor_groups.id > = investor_group_members.investor_group_id WHERE > ((investor_group_members.investor_id = 397)) > GroupPost Columns (0.002383) SHOW FIELDS FROM `group_posts` > SQL (0.000111) BEGIN > GroupPost Create (0.000342) INSERT INTO `group_posts` > (`post_by`, `created_at`, `photo_file_size`, `photo_file_name`, > `updated_at`, `investor_group_id`, `photo_content_type`, `message`) > VALUES(397, '2011-05-20 15:42:53', NULL, NULL, '2011-05-20 15:42:53', > 10, NULL, 'hi5') > SQL (0.069269) COMMIT > Rendering groups/post_message > Investor Load (0.000194) SELECT * FROM `investors` WHERE > (`investors`.`id` = 397) > Completed in 0.13884 (7 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.00845 (6%) | DB: > 0.07612 (54%) | 200 OK [http://localhost/us/groups/post_message/10] > > > Kindly observe the difference between **Case 1** and **Case 2**. > > The code in my model looks like this:- > > class GroupPost < ActiveRecord::Base > has_many :group_comments > belongs_to :investor_group > validates_presence_of :message > has_attached_file :photo #, :styles => { :medium => "300x300>", > :thumb => "100x100>" } > end > > I would like to mention this, this something weird I have observed > earlier when dealing with paritals.. something i never expected would > behave as such.. > > I had implemented auto complete previously using a partial, but once I > added a comment to this partial documenting whom this file was added by > and what was this file about.. Believe it or not.. the Auto Complete > stopped working for me...!! . It worked soon after removing the > comments. The syntax of the comments I used was `<!-- -->` > > Can I expect similar behavior wrt this case for some reason I am > currently unaware of...?? > > > I understand I can't expect many things working for me with the commit > version I am using , but since the basic functionality is working in the > POC, I wonder what is obstructing the same to work in my project app.. > > Please guide me on where I could be going wrong..., Its urgent.. > > Kindly let me know if you need any other part of the code.. > > Thanks a lot... > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. 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