I’m new to ROR, so still getting used to the MVC syntax; but think I
have a
simple example here that I hope someone can tell me what I’m doing wrong
(&
maybe help someone else by doing so):
All I’m trying to do is upload a CSV file, then parse each row of data
in it
(the first how contains header data).
Here’s the essential part of my view:
<% form_tag ({:action => ‘process_file’},
:multipart => true) do %>
<%= file_field_tag ‘file’ %>
<%= submit_tag "Upload" %>
<% end %>
here’s my controller:
def process_file
post = Upload.import(params[:file])
flash[:ok] = “data imported”
redirect_to :action => index
end
and here’s my model, where I’m not parsing anything yet, just putting a
stub
message to the screen (can one do that in a model? not sure…), just to
see
if this part works:
require ‘fastercsv’
…
def self.import(file)
datafile = FasterCSV.new(params[:file])
n = 0
FasterCSV.foreach(datafile) do |row|
puts 'on row '.n
n = n+1
end
end
However, the error I get when I submit a file is:
NameError in UploadsController#process_file
undefined local variable or method params' for #<Class:0xb6987e78> ... vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb:1667:inmethod_missing’
app/models/upload.rb:21:in `import’
Can anyone please help me to spot the error of my ways?
thanks in advance,
rick
app/controllers/uploads_controller.rb:90:in `process_file’