# error on file upload

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/error-on-file-upload/47599>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [November 17, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/error-on-file-upload/47599 "2009-11-17T05:36:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![malathi\_selvaraj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6bbea6/32.png) [@malathi\_selvaraj](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/malathi_selvaraj)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/error-on-file-upload/47599/1 "2009-11-17T05:36:53Z")

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i got the error on view file.

how to solve this.

error:

# SyntaxError in

Upload#index Showing _app/views/upload/uploadfile.rhtml_ where line **#7** raised:

```ruby
compile error
app/views/upload/uploadfile.rhtml:7: syntax error
@output_buffer.concat(( end ).to_s); @output_buffer.concat "\n"
                           ^

```

Extracted source (around line **#7** ):

```ruby
4: <p><label for="upload_file">Select File</label> :
5: <%= file_field 'upload', 'datafile' %></p>
6: <%= submit_tag "Upload" %>

7: <%= end %>

```

Trace of template inclusion: app/views/upload/uploadfile.rhtml

`RAILS_ROOT: /home/malathi/www/upload`

[Application Trace](http://localhost:3000/upload#) | [Framework Trace](http://localhost:3000/upload#) | [Full Trace](http://localhost:3000/upload#)

```ruby
app/views/upload/uploadfile.rhtml:12:in `compile!'
/home/malathi/www/upload/app/controllers/upload_controller.rb:3:in `index'

```

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**Author:** ![Frederick\_Cheung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/rubyonrails/user_avatar/discuss.rubyonrails.org/frederick_cheung/32/3901_2.png) [@Frederick\_Cheung](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Frederick_Cheung)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2009, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/error-on-file-upload/47599/2 "2009-11-17T08:16:20Z")

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> Extracted source (around line \*#7\*):
> 
> 4: \<p\>\<label for="upload\_file"\>Select File\</label\> : 5: \<%= file\_field 'upload', 'datafile' %\>\</p\> 6: \<%= submit\_tag "Upload" %\> 7: \<%= end %\>

that should be \<% end %\>

Fred