# Help with multiple file upload

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [April 23, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727 "2007-04-23T15:08:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjun_ghosh)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727/1 "2007-04-23T15:08:01Z")

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Hi,  
I am a newbie and am trying to make a system which needs multiple file  
upload…i saw lot of different methods on the net when i googld it  
such as  
act as attachment, using js, using flash,etc.  
But i am quite confused by now also. I am not very sure what to do as  
none  
of them gives a coherent explanation of how to do it. And its an  
emergency.  
SOS  
-ciao  
AG

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**Author:** ![arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjun_ghosh)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2007, 3:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727/2 "2007-04-23T15:24:07Z")

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You can find a multiple file upload tutorial at the Rails Grunt  
website.  
Here is a link to the site  
[http://www.railsgrunt.com/2007/3/14/ruby-rails-upload-multiple-files-using-acts-as-attachment](http://www.railsgrunt.com/2007/3/14/ruby-rails-upload-multiple-files-using-acts-as-attachment)

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**Author:** ![arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjun_ghosh)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2007, 2:22pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727/3 "2007-04-26T14:22:26Z")

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Hi Chad,  
Thanks for the guidance. But what i finally implemented was using  
attachment\_fu as its an updation over act\_as\_attachment by Rick  
Olsen[http://techno-weenie.net/](http://techno-weenie.net/). WHile searching the net, found lot  
of c@#p things but along with ur link,  
the other link which helped was  
[http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2007/02/24#FileUploadFu](http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2007/02/24#FileUploadFu) and  
[http://rubyonrailsnotes.blogspot.com/2007/03/multiple-file-uploads-with-attachmentfu.html](http://rubyonrailsnotes.blogspot.com/2007/03/multiple-file-uploads-with-attachmentfu.html).  
In fact the guy who blogs at Noobie site, created a multiple upload  
based on  
the grant and the clark link. Thses are the beat one i found. In fact  
there  
is not much actually help info out there

ciao  
AG

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**Author:** ![arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@arjun\_ghosh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/arjun_ghosh)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/help-with-multiple-file-upload/92727/4 "2007-09-25T23:08:09Z")

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Hi Chad,  
I am also implementing it on a windows box and it worked. You can have  
a  
look at the clarks’s web site  
[http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2007/02/24#FileUploadFu](http://clarkware.com/cgi/blosxom/2007/02/24#FileUploadFu) where he has  
mentioned how to install it. Now i have used minimagick to do my  
thumnail  
creation as it is not resources intensive and also it does not have the  
installation probs like rmagick. So u can have a look.

-ciao  
AG