# Attachment\_fu or UploadColumn?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [June 17, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065 "2007-06-17T16:17:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065/1 "2007-06-17T16:17:24Z")

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I’m just curious what most folks are using to handle image uploads -  
attachment\_fu, UploadColumn, or something else? Are there distinct  
advantages to one of these over the other(s), or is it sort of just a  
matter of taste?

Thanks . . .

–  
Bill K.

[http://bkocik.net](http://bkocik.net)

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**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 5:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065/2 "2007-06-17T17:45:39Z")

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Hi Bill

I use upload\_column, what I look for is, if it is under good  
maintaince.

greetinx

Rafael

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**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065/3 "2007-06-17T20:03:53Z")

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I’m a big attachment\_fu fan - love the s3 integration.

-A

On 6/17/07, Bill K. \< removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote:

> Bill K.
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> [http://bkocik.net](http://bkocik.net)
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> >

–  
Andrew K.

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**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 12:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065/4 "2007-06-18T00:19:26Z")

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On Jun 17, 2:02 pm, “Andrew K.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’m a big attachment\_fu fan - love the s3 integration.

Yes, that is a very nice feature - and one that I forgot about. It  
also seems at a cursory glance (I didn’t dig in, so I could very well  
be wrong) that UploadColumn is very much tied to RMagick. I’d  
personally prefer to use Image Science in my app, which a\_fu nicely  
supports.

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**Author:** ![kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@kelleysislander](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/kelleysislander)\
**Post date:** [June 18, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/attachment-fu-or-uploadcolumn/107065/5 "2007-06-18T02:29:35Z")

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I can’t speak to the quality of the integration with image science, but  
I  
agree, a\_fu is quite flexible with its image manipulation lib options.

I have seen others comment on the scant documentation - but I have found  
the  
docs adequate in combination with blog entries, and reading the code  
(what a  
novel idea!).

-Andrew K.  
[http://beginsinwonder.com](http://beginsinwonder.com)

On 6/17/07, Bill K. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> personally prefer to use Image Science in my app, which a\_fu nicely  
> supports.
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> >

–  
Andrew K.