# Upload/download office documents like \*.doc, \*.pdf

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-download-office-documents-like-doc-pdf/164486>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 1, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-download-office-documents-like-doc-pdf/164486 "2009-04-01T21:39:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![pink-ink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@pink-ink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pink-ink)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-download-office-documents-like-doc-pdf/164486/1 "2009-04-01T21:39:17Z")

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Hi Ruby community,

I search a HowTo or plugin which help me to store documents like \*.doc,  
\*.pdf etc. into a database blob-column.

The most plugins I detected in www, like UploadColumn, PaperClip are  
focused on images not on documents.

Do somebody knows a tutorial or plugin especially for uploading and  
downloading documents in a database as blob?

Thanks ahead!

Regs,

Herman

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**Author:** ![pink-ink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@pink-ink](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/pink-ink)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 11:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/upload-download-office-documents-like-doc-pdf/164486/2 "2009-04-01T23:25:45Z")

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On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:39 PM, Herman  
Müller[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> downloading documents in a database as blob?  
> [Uploading files to a database using Rails – Matt Berther](http://www.mattberther.com/2007/10/19/uploading-files-to-a-database-using-rails/)

–  
Greg D.  
[http://destiney.com/](http://destiney.com/)