The following inserts a new product, no problem. Howeve, I have to prefix the filename with "\images\" so upon retrieval it will looki in the right directory.
How can I modify this code to append "\images\" to the filename column?
def create @product = Product.new(@params[:product]) if @product.save flash['notice'] = 'Product was successfully created.' end end
You can define a before_save callback in your model to call a function which will prepend "\images\".
def create @product = Product.new(@params[:product]) @product.filename = "\\images\\" + @product.filename if @product.save flash['notice'] = 'Product was successfully created.' end end
This approach might be problematic if you're creating new products in other actions or elsewhere in your rails app. Using before_save won't pose the same problem.