# File\_column issue: file upload fails without error

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-issue-file-upload-fails-without-error/52270>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 12, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-issue-file-upload-fails-without-error/52270 "2006-01-12T12:03:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/n1c)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 12:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-issue-file-upload-fails-without-error/52270/1 "2006-01-12T12:03:07Z")

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environment:  
Locomotive + Rails 1.0 Max  
Lighttpd 1.4.8, FastCGI 2.4.0  
Ruby 1.8.2  
File\_column version: 0.3.1  
Path to file\_column: /vendor/plugins/file-column/

symptom:  
Uploading a file using file\_column fails; no file is uploaded and the  
“filename” column remains blank. No error messages are produced - a new  
record is created with blank filename.

code and log here: [http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/Mj7wIn54.html](http://www.rafb.net/paste/results/Mj7wIn54.html)

Any ideas on what I might have overlooked?

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**Author:** ![n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/n1c)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-issue-file-upload-fails-without-error/52270/2 "2006-01-12T19:02:17Z")

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Just a WAG Nic but does your filename have any spaces or special  
characters in it? My second guess would be a rights issue but I think  
Locomotive setups that up correctly by default.

On Jan 12, 2006, at 3:03 AM, Nick C. wrote:

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- Bill

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**Author:** ![n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@n1c](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/n1c)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2006, 9:46am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-issue-file-upload-fails-without-error/52270/3 "2006-01-13T09:46:27Z")

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Bill P. wrote:

> Just a WAG Nic but does your filename have any spaces or special  
> characters in it? My second guess would be a rights issue but I think  
> Locomotive setups that up correctly by default.

Many thanks for your reply Bill - I tried all sorts of filenames with no  
joy, but in the end tracked it down to a problem with Safari and  
lighttpd - adding the following to the lighttpd.conf file fixes it.

$HTTP[“useragent”] =~ “^(._MSIE._)|(._AppleWebKit._)$” {  
server.max-keep-alive-requests = 0  
}

Thanks for the reply nevertheless.