# File\_column problem

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-problem/92513>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 20, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-problem/92513 "2007-04-20T05:03:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_Bamford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Michael\_Bamford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Bamford)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-problem/92513/1 "2007-04-20T05:03:29Z")

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Hey Everyone-

I would really appreciate some help with the use of the file\_column  
plugin. I have it working very well on my local Windows development  
machine, but have not been able to get it to work on my shared host  
(dreamhost). When trying to upload a file, I get this error message:

“Application error  
Rails application failed to start properly”

The thing is, file\_column is _mostly_ working: it accepts the uploaded  
file, saves it to the local file system and updates the database with  
the filename. There is some last step in the file upload process  
within file\_column that is generating this error message.

Has any one seen this before? I thought it may have something to do  
with file permissions on the shared host which don’t exist on my  
Windows development machine. Other than that, I’m at a loss.

Thanks for any help or advice!

Michael

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**Author:** ![Michael\_Bamford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Michael\_Bamford](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Michael_Bamford)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2007, 11:32am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-column-problem/92513/2 "2007-04-20T11:32:11Z")

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Have you tried to check your production.log file to see where the error  
is?

Gokhan  
[www.sylow.net](http://www.sylow.net)