File_column plugin: get undefined method 'file_column' error

I’ve install the ‘file_column’ plugin properly following instructions
from the Rails Cookbook and other sources on the web. The file_column
files are located under vendor\plugins\file_column. I then add this
to my controller:

file_column :photo1

where photo1 is the column in my table that will hold the image.

then in my views I have a multipart form that has functionality to
upload the image:

Photo
<%= file_column_field "table", "photo1" %>

I restarted my webserver, but every time I try to connect to the view
with that multipart form I get the error:
"undefined method ‘file_column’ for <>::Class

RAILS_ROOT: /MyApp/config/…
#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/controllers/mycontroller.rb:5
/usr/bin/monrel_rails:16 in ‘load’
/usr/bin/mongrel_rails:16

Line 5 in mycontroller.rb is where I use the call to
‘file_column :photo1’. It’s like the plugin is not really getting
loaded even though it is sitting in my plugin directory. There are a
ton of threads on the web about this problem … but I haven’t found a
solution yet. Any thoughts out there would be greatly
appreciated!! I really want to see this work!

Thanks in advance!
Leah

LAB wrote:

I’ve install the ‘file_column’ plugin properly following instructions
from the Rails Cookbook and other sources on the web. The file_column
files are located under vendor\plugins\file_column. I then add this
to my controller:

file_column :photo1

where photo1 is the column in my table that will hold the image.

The “file_column :photo1” line should go in your “Table” model,
not in the controller.


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GENIUS! :wink: Thanks!