# File upload

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/162983>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 16, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/162983 "2009-03-16T12:45:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tanker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@tanker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanker)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/162983/1 "2009-03-16T12:45:49Z")

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Hi!!!  
i’m trying to send file via mails but i can get it work  
this is my form

**&nbsp;add your file:**

  

when i’m receiving the mail i can see only the path of file for exple  
C:\image.gif

but i want to send the file itself

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**Author:** ![tanker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@tanker](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tanker)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2009, 2:11pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/file-upload/162983/2 "2009-03-16T14:11:42Z")

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On Mar 16, 11:45 am, Ralph H. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)  
wrote:

> Hi!!!  
> i’m trying to send file via mails but i can get it work  
> this is my form

The form encoding needs to be set to multipart (see the form helpers  
guide on [guides.rubyonrails.org](http://guides.rubyonrails.org))

Fred