# File Attachment **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [August 21, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827 "2006-08-21T18:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/1 "2006-08-21T18:46:44Z")
I have recently been looking for examples where it was possible to attach files along with a form submission, but I have found little about it. In the near future I plan to implement this functionality in my RoR web application and was wondering if there was any info or examples that can be provided. -Gilles ---
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/2 "2006-08-21T19:04:01Z")
Agile Web D. with Rails - 2nd Ed has a section on attaching images. That may help you. Regards, Dave Dumaresq * * * Information and Educational Technology Kwantlen University College - 604-599-2120 “So powerful is the light of unity that it can illuminate the whole earth.” --Bahá'u’lláh Gilles [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Sent by: removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid 08/21/2006 09:46 AM Please respond to removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid To removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid cc Subject [Rails] File Attachment I have recently been looking for examples where it was possible to attach files along with a form submission, but I have found little about it. In the near future I plan to implement this functionality in my RoR web application and was wondering if there was any info or examples that can be provided. -Gilles – Posted via [http://www.ruby-forum.com/](http://www.ruby-forum.com/). ---
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/3 "2006-08-21T20:08:09Z")
scenarios which seem to be used a lot : file\_column plugin acts\_as\_attachment plugin ---
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/4 "2006-08-21T20:19:58Z")
Gilles wrote: > I have recently been looking for examples where it was possible to > attach files along with a form submission, but I have found little about > it. In the near future I plan to implement this functionality in my RoR > web application and was wondering if there was any info or examples that > can be provided. > > -Gilles Actually, this link: [Peak Obsession](http://manuals.rubyonrails.com/read/chapter/57) might be quicker for you and it’s free. ---
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2006, 12:48am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/5 "2006-08-22T00:48:32Z")
Hello Gilles, For a second reference with working examples (ones I use myself) check out these posts– First the basic form setup and Ruby needed to move files: [http://www.forthecode.com/user/index/15](http://www.forthecode.com/user/index/15) Second a File Uploading Model to help move files on your filesystem and save data about those files to your database: [http://www.forthecode.com/user/index/21](http://www.forthecode.com/user/index/21) This code definitely needs a bit of refactoring, but it regardless - it does work. Regards, Charles Gilles wrote: > I have recently been looking for examples where it was possible to > attach files along with a form submission, but I have found little about > it. In the near future I plan to implement this functionality in my RoR > web application and was wondering if there was any info or examples that > can be provided. > > -Gilles ---
**Author:** ![gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ce7236/32.png) [@gilles](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gilles)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2006, 7:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-attachment/65827/6 "2006-08-24T19:28:42Z")
Ahh, thanks for the links. So I have a text field that gets filled in with the file path after choosing a file by browsing the local hard drive. I realize that when submitted, the file goes to my windows/temp directory as a windows user. I haven’t done anything similar before. It’s saving it in the form CGIxxxx.x, where the x’s are numbers, much like in the forthecode walkthrough which I am following. There are problems with moving the file out of the temp directory to an appropriate directory in my web application. When using the FileUtils.mv function I get a permission denied rails error in my browser. That file is being used by something, so I copied the file instead. I don’t know if there will be a problem with uploaded temp files overcrowding the temp folder. On a similar note, is there an optimal place to put uploaded files within my RoR directory structure? Also, what about security issues. How do I prevent malicious files from entering my uploads directory with the potential to cause havoc or files that are extremely big taking up space, etc.? Eventually, when all this is sorted out, how would I go about providing a link to the upload associated with the form I am viewing, so I can download it or view it in my browser? I apologize for all the questions. I am unsure about many aspects of uploading files and was unable to find much information regarding it in ruby on rails. -Gilles