File_column plugin. Storing files outside RAILS_ROOT

Rails
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I also posted this on Rails Engines forum. Sorry for the double post.

I am trying to configure file_column plugin so that it stores the images
in a directory completely outside of RAILS_ROOT.
I have no problems in storing the files by setting :root_path option.
But I can’t get to display these images using ‘url_for_file_column’.
What I get instead of the image is simply the filename.
Is this a bug in the plugin or am I not using it properly?

Thanks in advance,
Cagan

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Can you get it working when the image is inside the rails root? I’ve
never used the plugin (yet), but my guess is that this could be a good
indicator whether you’ve been doing something wrong or the plugin just
can’t handle images being stored anywhere else.
-Nathan

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unknown wrote:

Can you get it working when the image is inside the rails root? I’ve
never used the plugin (yet), but my guess is that this could be a good
indicator whether you’ve been doing something wrong or the plugin just
can’t handle images being stored anywhere else.
-Nathan

Hi Nathan,
yes it works when the image is inside the rails root.
Thanks,
Cagan

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Andrew S. wrote:

I have no problems in storing the files by setting :root_path option.

I had a similar issue using the :store_dir. I updated the
url_for_file_column method to use the :store_dir option defined in the
class. I sent it to the author of file_plugin as well as posting the
modification to:

Peak Obsession

You’ll need to modify this further to use the :root_path setting.

It may not be the ideal fix, but found that it worked for what I needed.

I commented out the original method and replaced it with your method in
file_method_helper.rb.
I get a ‘NoMethodError undefined method `/opt/wwz/user/image_path’ for
#User:0x22df05c’
on the following line:
return object.send(options[:store_dir]) << relative_path

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I have no problems in storing the files by setting :root_path option.

I had a similar issue using the :store_dir. I updated the
url_for_file_column method to use the :store_dir option defined in the
class. I sent it to the author of file_plugin as well as posting the
modification to:

http://wiki.rubyonrails.com/rails/pages/HowToUseFileColumn

You’ll need to modify this further to use the :root_path setting.

It may not be the ideal fix, but found that it worked for what I needed.

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just use a symbolic link inside rails…

cagan senturk schrieb:

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Pete wrote:

just use a symbolic link inside rails…

cagan senturk schrieb:

yes that’s exactly what I ended up doing at the end…
Thanks,
Cagan