Forum: Rails Engines Problem in file_column

Hi all,

   Can any body tell me how to get the name of the file in cntroller,
which i m going to upload? coz i want to play with the file extension. I
have to put the restriction like only following types of files can be
uploaded
.jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif

Chintan Shah wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    Can any body tell me how to get the name of the file in cntroller,
> which i m going to upload? coz i want to play with the file extension. I
> have to put the restriction like only following types of files can be
> uploaded
> .jpg, .png, .bmp, .gif


by using params[:friend][:photo1].original_filename