# Big size file uploading problem w/IE

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/big-size-file-uploading-problem-w-ie/97298>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 6, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/big-size-file-uploading-problem-w-ie/97298 "2006-07-06T07:43:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/big-size-file-uploading-problem-w-ie/97298/1 "2006-07-06T07:43:04Z")

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Hi,

I’m now trying to develop application for big files exchanges by  
Webserver and Browser with rails.

There is a browser dependent file uploading problem with Rails.

Uploading file is issued from .rhtml like this.

\<%= form\_tag({:action =\> “upload\_file”}, {:multipart =\> “true”}) %\>

With IE ( 6.02900 ) a 5 meg file was sent but slowly and it took more  
than 10 seconds.  
With FireFox the same file was sent in 3 seconds or so.

With FireFox a 20 meg file was sent in 9 seconds.  
With IE the same file could not be sent.  
( for 5 mins client and rails server gave no responses )

Firefox can send a 100Mbyte file.

According to MS ( [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329781/en-us](http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329781/en-us) ),  
IE w/ modified registory ( 8kb → 32 kb) can send a 100meg file  
but take looooong time.

it seems that while uploading files, rails action “upload\_file” was kept  
waiting, because there are no action log in the log file.

my question is :

Is there any way in Rails to receive a big file from popular browsers in  
stable and rapidly?

I confirmed above in the following envs.

Rails 1.1.2  
webrick ( Ruby 1.8.4)  
lighttpd 1.4.11

Any suggestions, workarounds or alteratives will be really appreciated.

Regards,

–  
Hiroshi T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)