Tutorial for native Rails 3 upload to database?

rubyonrails-talk
1

I've searched in vain for a basic tutorial on how to upload a binary file to a database using vanilla Rails 3. Yes, I know about Paperclip; no, I don't want to upload the files to a filesystem.

What I'd really like to do is capture the filename, mime-type, and data inside the create/update action--no separate upload action required, as the table is dedicated to the file uploads.

So far, I have this:

  = form_for @photo, :html => { :multipart => true } do |f|     = f.label :data     %br/     = f.file_field :data     .actions     = f.submit

but get festive error messages like:

  NoMethodError in PhotosController#create   undefined method `gsub' for #<ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile: 0xa64da84>

when I submit the form. What should my create/update actions look like in order to store the file and metadata properly inside the database?

2

W dniu 2011-03-22 03:22, Todd A. Jacobs pisze:


I've searched in vain for a basic tutorial on how to upload a binary
file to a database using vanilla Rails 3. Yes, I know about Paperclip;
no, I don't want to upload the files to a filesystem.
What I'd really like to do is capture the filename, mime-type, and
data inside the create/update action--no separate upload action
required, as the table is dedicated to the file uploads.
So far, I have this:
= form_for @photo, :html => { :multipart => true } do |f|
= f.label :data
%br/
= f.file_field :data
.actions
= f.submit
but get festive error messages like:
NoMethodError in PhotosController#create
undefined method `gsub' for #<ActionDispatch::Http::UploadedFile:
0xa64da84>
when I submit the form. What should my create/update actions look like
in order to store the file and metadata properly inside the database?

My basic version is

  # view

    <%= form_for @photo, :html => {:multipart => true } do

f> %>

      <%= f.file_field :upload %>

      <%= f.submit "Save" %>

    <% end %>

  # controller

      ...

      @photo.save

      ...

  # model

     attr_accessor :upload</small>
3

Hej Tod,

the above example is a good start, but you need to keep in mind, that the upload attribute of the photo is actually a File object.

This means you will need to copy it to a permanent location, because in that state it most likely is in the /tmp dir.

Take a look at this tutorial: Ruby on Rails - File Uploading (first hit when searching for “rails file upload” on google ;))

Best,

Sebastian