upload an image

can anyone give me the code for upload an image,i try in various ways such as acts_as_attatchment plugin but it wasn’t work…now im in a big trouble,plz give me another solution to this

the view:

  <% form_for(@user, :url => (@edition ? user_path() : user_path), :method => :put, :html => {:multipart => true}) do |f| %>     <%= f.file_field(:user_image_file) %><br />     <%= submit_tag('Save') %>   <% end %>

in the controller:

    if params[:user][:user_image_file] then       @user.upload_image     end

the model:

  def upload_image     if user_image_file && user_image_file != "" then       file = user_image_file       write_attribute(:image_mime_type, MIME::Types.type_for(file.original_filename).to_s.gsub('image/', ''))       File.open(File.join(IMAGE_FILE_LOCATION, image_filename(:original)), 'wb') { |f| f.write(file.read) }

      save     end   end