# File upload problem

**URL:** <https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/file-upload-problem/46569>\
**Category:** rubyonrails-talk\
**Created:** [October 3, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/file-upload-problem/46569 "2009-10-03T07:34:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![prem1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@prem1](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/prem1)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/file-upload-problem/46569/1 "2009-10-03T07:34:22Z")

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Hi,

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I want to upload a file using rails.i am using file\_field and unable to access the input from form(rails view) in controller, i.e. in parameters it is not sending the file\_field input and it is sending if there are any other type of inputs,except file\_field.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Can anybody tellme, What datatype exactly file\_field takes and how to upload a file using rails?

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thanks in advance.

prem.

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**Author:** ![Samer\_Abukhait](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@Samer\_Abukhait](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/u/Samer_Abukhait)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2009, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.rubyonrails.org/t/file-upload-problem/46569/2 "2009-10-03T23:59:25Z")

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did you set :multipart =\> true ?