From: bill walton <bill.walton@...>
Date: 2006-12-16T06:15:06+09:00
Subject: Re: REXML usage

I should have noted, in case the point wasn't clear from the code
sample,

the string vs. file issue has nothing to do with REXML.

bill walton wrote:
> 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