# Fil from filsystem -\> db **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [June 4, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411 "2006-06-04T10:58:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 10:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411/1 "2006-06-04T10:58:30Z")
Since Ajax doesn’t support file uploads, I’m using “IFRAME remoting made easy” ([http://sean.treadway.info/](http://sean.treadway.info/)). I’m saving a file to the filesystem, and then trying to put it in to the database when I do the final submit with ajax. I thought picking the file up and putting it in the db would be as easy as having: "@image.data = IO.read(“path\_to\_file”) in the create method in the controller. But I get: “undefined method `read’ for #” What’s the right way of doing this? - Henrik ---
**Author:** ![Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2006, 11:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411/2 "2006-06-04T11:44:09Z")
On Jun 4, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Henrik Ormåsen wrote: > "@image.data = IO.read(“path\_to\_file”) in the create method in the > controller. But I get: “undefined method `read’ for #” > > What’s the right way of doing this? > Try IO.readlines(“path\_to\_file”).join instead of IO.read ## HTH, Dmitry Sabanin [http://futuretrack5.com](http://futuretrack5.com) | [http://sabanin.ru/en](http://sabanin.ru/en) ---
**Author:** ![Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 10:19am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411/3 "2006-06-05T10:19:41Z")
Sun, 04 Jun 2006, Dmitry V. Sabanin skrev: > On Jun 4, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Henrik Ormåsen wrote: > > > "@image.data = IO.read(“path\_to\_file”) in the create method in the > > controller. But I get: “undefined method `read’ for #” > > > > What’s the right way of doing this? > > Try IO.readlines(“path\_to\_file”).join instead of IO.read That didn’t help. I still get “undefined method `read’ for #” :-(. - Henrik ---
**Author:** ![Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411/4 "2006-06-05T16:04:51Z")
Hi Henrik, > > > On Jun 4, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Henrik Orm�sen wrote: > > > > > > > "@image.data = IO.read(“path\_to\_file”) in the create method in the > > > > controller. But I get: “undefined method `read’ for #” > > > > > > > > What’s the right way of doing this? > > > > Try IO.readlines(“path\_to\_file”).join instead of IO.read > > > > That didn’t help. I still get “undefined method `read’ for #” :-(. If you changed a line containing ‘IO.read’ to ‘IO.readlines’ and you’re still getting a message that says, in part, “undefined method ‘read’ for #” then your code is not failing at that line. If it were, you would be getting a message that says “undefined method ‘readlines’ for #” If you look more closely at the error message RoR is giving you, it tells you the controller | view | model / method / line number that caused the error. It’s not all in one line, but it’s all there. hth, Bill ---
**Author:** ![Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/3be4f8/32.png) [@Henrik\_SSiso-8859-1](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Henrik_SSiso-8859-1)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/fil-from-filsystem-db/62411/5 "2006-06-05T14:41:01Z")
Henrik =?iso-8859-1?Q?Orm=E5sen?= wrote: > Sun, 04 Jun 2006, Dmitry V. Sabanin skrev: > > > On Jun 4, 2006, at 4:57 PM, Henrik Orm�sen wrote: > > > > > "@image.data = IO.read(“path\_to\_file”) in the create method in the > > > controller. But I get: “undefined method `read’ for #” > > > > > > What’s the right way of doing this? > > > Try IO.readlines(“path\_to\_file”).join instead of IO.read > > That didn’t help. I still get “undefined method `read’ for #” :-(. > > - Henrik That’s very odd. Ruby doesn’t think you’re using the standard IO class. Are you certain you haven’t redefined that class somewhere else in your code? Alternatively…try reinstalling ruby?