# Unable to upload larger files **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 2, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331 "2010-09-02T15:08:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/1 "2010-09-02T15:08:29Z")
hii, i am trying to upload some files to filesystem using rails application when i use small size file everything is perfect but i when goes for larger files i got error this is my code #this model file class DataFile \< ActiveRecord::Base def self.save(upload) name = upload[‘datafile’].original\_filename directory = “[//192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams](https://192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams)” # create the file path path = File.join(directory, name) # write the file File.open(path, “wb”) { |f| f.write(upload[‘datafile’].read) } end end #this is my controller class UploadController \< ApplicationController def index render :file =\> ‘app\views\upload\uploadfile.rhtml’ end def uploadFile post = DataFile.save(params[:upload]) render :text =\> “File has been uploaded successfully” end end ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/2 "2010-09-02T15:09:24Z")
Amit T. wrote: > hii, > i am trying to upload some files to filesystem using rails application > when i use small size file everything is perfect but i when goes for > larger files i got error > this is my code > > #this model file > class DataFile \< ActiveRecord::Base > > def self.save(upload) > name = upload[‘datafile’].original\_filename > directory = “[//192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams](https://192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams)” > # create the file path > path = File.join(directory, name) > # write the file > File.open(path, “wb”) { |f| f.write(upload[‘datafile’].read) } > end > end > > #this is my controller > class UploadController \< ApplicationController > def index > render :file =\> ‘app\views\upload\uploadfile.rhtml’ > end > def uploadFile > post = DataFile.save(params[:upload]) > render :text =\> “File has been uploaded successfully” > end > end app/models/data\_file.rb:9:in `write' app/models/data_file.rb:9:in `save’ app/models/data\_file.rb:9:in `open' app/models/data_file.rb:9:in `save’ app/controllers/upload\_controller.rb:6:in `uploadFile' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1253:in `send’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:1253:in `perform_action_without_filters' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:617:in `call\_filters’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/filters.rb:610:in `perform_action_without_benchmark' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform\_action\_without\_rescue’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform\_action\_without\_rescue’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/rescue.rb:136:in `perform_action_without_caching' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/caching/sql_cache.rb:13:in `perform\_action’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active\_record/connection\_adapters/abstract/query\_cache.rb:34:in `cache' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-2.2.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/caching/sql\_cache.rb:12:in `perform_action' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send’ C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/actionpack-2.2.2/lib/action\_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters' 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`gem_original_require' C:/InstantRails-2.0-win/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require’ script/server:3 ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 9:31am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/3 "2010-09-07T09:31:32Z")
Quoting Amit T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > hii, > i am trying to upload some files to filesystem using rails application > when i use small size file everything is perfect but i when goes for > larger files i got error > this is my code Check the Webserver’s (e.g. Apache) file size limit. It may be set to some small value. HTH, Jeffrey ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/4 "2010-09-07T10:09:47Z")
Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting Amit T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > hii, > > i am trying to upload some files to filesystem using rails application > > when i use small size file everything is perfect but i when goes for > > larger files i got error > > this is my code > > Check the Webserver’s (e.g. Apache) file size limit. It may be set to > some > small value. > > HTH, > Jeffrey Thanks for responding Jeffrey but i am new to rails ,so where do i find Webserver file size limit ,am running mongrel as server and one more thing i would like to mention is when am trying to upload large file (320 mb),file is being uploaded to phyical location but i am getting error like Invalid argument - [//192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator\_720x480\_5mbps\_30fps\_17minclip.264.filepart](https://192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator_720x480_5mbps_30fps_17minclip.264.filepart) When i looked into the streams folder file is there… ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 3:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/5 "2010-09-07T15:47:27Z")
is that your app? what are you using to handle downloads? ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/6 "2010-09-07T16:06:12Z")
Quoting Amit T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > some > > trying to upload large file (320 mb),file is being uploaded to phyical > > location but i am getting error like > > Invalid argument - > [//192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator\_720x480\_5mbps\_30fps\_17minclip.264.filepart](https://192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator_720x480_5mbps_30fps_17minclip.264.filepart) > > When i looked into the streams folder file is there… I don’t know Mongrel, but I’d look in the Mongrel configuration file. I expect Mongrel is cutting off or aborting the file transfer and then throwing the InvalidArgument exception. In Nginx, the setting is: ``` client_max_body_size 0; # don't limit the upload file size ``` In Apache, the setting is: ``` LimitRequestBody 500000 ``` Look for something similar. HTH, Jeffrey ---
**Author:** ![amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@amit-singh](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/amit-singh)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 10:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/unable-to-upload-larger-files/194331/7 "2010-09-08T10:35:36Z")
Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > Quoting Amit T. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid): > > > > some > > > trying to upload large file (320 mb),file is being uploaded to phyical > > > location but i am getting error like > > > > Invalid argument - > > [//192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator\_720x480\_5mbps\_30fps\_17minclip.264.filepart](https://192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator_720x480_5mbps_30fps_17minclip.264.filepart) > > > > When i looked into the streams folder file is there… > > I don’t know Mongrel, but I’d look in the Mongrel configuration file. I > expect Mongrel is cutting off or aborting the file transfer and then > throwing > the InvalidArgument exception. > > In Nginx, the setting is: > > ``` > client_max_body_size 0; # don't limit the upload file size > > ``` > > In Apache, the setting is: > > ``` > LimitRequestBody 500000 > > ``` > > Look for something similar. > > HTH, > Jeffrey Jeffrey i edit the code and things starts working for me #this model file class DataFile \< ActiveRecord::Base def self.save(upload) name = upload[‘datafile’].original\_filename directory = “c:/dm” # create the file path path = File.join(directory, name) # write the file File.open(path, “wb”) { |f| f.write(upload[‘datafile’].read) } target=“[//192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams](https://192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams)” File.copy(path,target) end end i added two lines target=“[//192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams](https://192.168.147.17/Smruti/streams)” File.copy(path,target) ans i changed directory = “c:/dm” and things are working for me but could you tell me what was happening before why am getting Invalid argument - > [//192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator\_720x480\_5mbps\_30fps\_17minclip.264.filepart](https://192.168.147.27/Smruti/streams/predator_720x480_5mbps_30fps_17minclip.264.filepart) ---
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radhames brito wrote: > is that your app? what are you using to handle downloads? Am not doing any downloads.I am just trying to upload and for that i wrote the code above .I also mentioned the error that i got .