From: bill walton <bill.walton@...>
Date: 2006-12-16T06:10:09+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML usage


Kevin Tambascio wrote:
> When I import the large file, the file_obj is a File object.
> When I import the small file, file_obj is a String object.

Here's a snippet I'm using to allow a visitor to upload a file they've
specified via a file_field_tag.

if params[:file_to_upload].instance_of?(Tempfile)
    FileUtils.copy(params[:file_to_upload].local_path,
#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/#{@filenametouse}")
else
    File.open("#{RAILS_ROOT}/public/#{@filenametouse}","w"){|f|

f.write(params[:file_to_upload].read)

f.close}
end


hth,
Bill