I am trying to use the paperclip plugin in my rails app to upload images for posts. I am using Rails 2.0.2 and ruby 1.8.7 on Ubuntu 10.04 os for project specific purposes.
I am referring to the following tutorials for this :-
I did a git clone on the paperclip plugin via:- https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip , but the command like ruby script/generate paperclip group_post photo
didn't generate a migration for it. I then created a migration for the same through ruby script/generate and uploaded the appropriate columns of my table group_posts
.
I then tried to install the gem and since I am using activerecord and activesupport 2.0.2 I used paperclip 2.3.8 gem from rubygems.org.The undefined method error still persisted, I really couldn't figure out why.
Now here.. the command ruby script/generate paperclip group_post photo
worked perfectly fine for me.
The current error I am getting exactly looks like this:-
undefined method `has_attached_file' for #<Class:0xb67119f0>
A funny thing that I observed wrt this behavior was when I made use of IRB, require 'paperclip'
returned true
but I wonder why they can't detect the method that comes along with the plugin in my rails app.
The Application Trace for the same is:-
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1532:in `method_missing_without_paginate'
vendor/plugins/will_paginate/lib/will_paginate/finder.rb:170:in `method_missing'
app/models/group_post.rb:9
app/controllers/groups_controller.rb:27:in `show'
The Full Trace for this just in case is:-
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/base.rb:1532:in `method_missing_without_paginate'
vendor/plugins/will_paginate/lib/will_paginate/finder.rb:170:in `method_missing'
app/models/group_post.rb:9
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load_without_new_constant_marking'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:203:in `load_file'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:202:in `load_file'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:94:in `require_or_load'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:248:in `load_missing_constant'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:453:in `const_missing_not_from_s3_library'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/aws-s3-0.6.2/lib/aws/s3/extensions.rb:206:in `const_missing'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:465:in `const_missing'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:471:in `send'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:471:in `const_missing'
app/controllers/groups_controller.rb:27:in `show'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `send'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:1158:in `perform_action_without_filters'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:697:in `call_filters'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:689:in `perform_action_without_benchmark'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/1.8/benchmark.rb:293:in `measure'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/benchmarking.rb:68:in `perform_action_without_rescue'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/rescue.rb:199:in `perform_action_without_caching'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:678:in `perform_action'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/query_cache.rb:33:in `cache'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activerecord-2.0.2/lib/active_record/query_cache.rb:8:in `cache'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/caching.rb:677:in `perform_action'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `send'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:524:in `process_without_filters'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/filters.rb:685:in `process_without_session_management_support'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/session_management.rb:123:in `process_without_test'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/test_process.rb:15:in `process'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/base.rb:388:in `process'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:171:in `handle_request'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:115:in `dispatch'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:126:in `dispatch_cgi'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/actionpack-2.0.2/lib/action_controller/dispatcher.rb:9:in `dispatch'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:76:in `process'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `synchronize'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/rails.rb:74:in `process'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:159:in `process_client'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `each'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:158:in `process_client'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `initialize'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `new'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:285:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `initialize'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `new'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel.rb:268:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:282:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `each'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:281:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:128:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
/home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
script/server:3
My groups_controller.rb show method looks like this, here line 27 is @group_post = GroupPost.new(params[:group_post])
:-
def show
@investor_group = InvestorGroup.find(params[:id])
@members = @investor_group.activated_members
# code taken from discuss method
investor_id = session['investor_id']
@investor = Investor.find(investor_id)
@members = @investor_group.activated_members
unless @current_user.is_an_existing_member_of_group(@investor_group)
flash[:notice] = "Please join this group to participate in discussions"
redirect_to :action => :show, :id => @investor_group and return
else
@group_post = GroupPost.new(params[:group_post]) # line 27, tried GroupPost.create also.. seems to be of no avail..
end
#@group_post = GroupPost.new(params[:group_post])
@group_post.investor_group_id = @investor_group.id
@group_post.post_by = investor_id
unless @group_post.message.blank?
if @group_post.save
flash[:notice] = 'Post was successfull'
else
flash[:notice] = 'Post was not successfull'
end
#redirect_to :action => :show, :id => @investor_group and return to change.. appropriately....
end
#if @group_post.message.blank?
# flash[:notice] = 'Post can\'t be blank.'
#end
@group_all_posts = GroupPost.find(:all, :conditions => [ 'investor_group_id = ?', "#{@investor_group.id}" ], :order => 'created_at DESC')
# code taken from discuss method
end
The group_post model looks like this with line 9 having the following code has_attached_file :photo :-
class GroupPost < ActiveRecord::Base
has_many :group_comments
belongs_to :investor_group
validates_presence_of :message
#include Paperclip
require "paperclip"
# Paperclip
has_attached_file :photo # line 9
end
Part of my view file where I am trying to upload the picture along with a post looks like this:-
<%form_for :group_post, @group_post, :url => {:action => :show},:html => {:multipart => 'true'},:id => 'new_post' do |f| -%>
<p><label>Start Discussion:</label><br><%=f.text_field :message%></p>
<%=f.file_field :photo%></p>
<p><%=submit_tag "Post"%></p>
<%end%>
I tried what was given in:-
This option didn't seem applicable to my case as it seems to be using a
higher Rails version
-
Undefined method has_attached_file after Paperclip installation?
I tried restarting my server, but it didn't solve my problem;
I tried the include Paperclip – but it really didn't seem to help my case…
I have added a require in my group_post.rb and in my environment.rb file as require "paperclip". I still get an undefined method error. I don't know why..
On referring to this I tried Imumar's fork of paperclip, I manually pasted it in my vendor/plugins directory after git cloning it.. I got the following error( I have a feeling there surely would have been a dependency issue as his version might be compatible only with a higher rails version:
mohnish@mohnish-desktop:~/UP/dev$ ruby script/server -p 4000
=> Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)
=> Rails application starting on http://0.0.0.0:4000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:4000
** Starting Rails with development environment...
Exiting
/home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:263:in `load_missing_constant': uninitialized constant Paperclip::CallbackCompatability::Rails20 (NameError)
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:453:in `const_missing'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/vendor/plugins/paperclip/lib/paperclip.rb:118:in `included'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/vendor/plugins/paperclip/lib/paperclip.rb:364:in `include'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/vendor/plugins/paperclip/lib/paperclip.rb:364:in `send'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/vendor/plugins/paperclip/lib/paperclip.rb:364
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/vendor/plugins/paperclip/init.rb:1:in `evaluate_init_rb'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin.rb:79:in `evaluate_init_rb'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/core_ext/kernel/reporting.rb:11:in `silence_warnings'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin.rb:75:in `evaluate_init_rb'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin.rb:39:in `load'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb:33:in `load_plugins'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb:32:in `each'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/rails/plugin/loader.rb:32:in `load_plugins'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb:189:in `load_plugins'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb:105:in `process'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb:49:in `send'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/initializer.rb:49:in `run'
from /home/mohnish/UP/dev/config/environment.rb:16
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/../lib/mongrel/rails.rb:147:in `rails'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:113:in `cloaker_'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `call'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:149:in `listener'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:99:in `cloaker_'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `call'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/configurator.rb:50:in `initialize'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:84:in `new'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:84:in `run'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/lib/mongrel/command.rb:212:in `run'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/mongrel-1.1.5/bin/mongrel_rails:281
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:489:in `load'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/servers/mongrel.rb:64
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in `new_constants_in'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/activesupport-2.0.2/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:496:in `require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.8.7-p334/gems/rails-2.0.2/lib/commands/server.rb:39
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `gem_original_require'
from /home/mohnish/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.8.7-p334/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:31:in `require'
from script/server:3
mohnish@mohnish-desktop:~/UP/dev$
I really wonder where I am going wrong..
Any suggestions/insights would be highly appreciated. This is urgent for me as I have a deployment due, I would be really glad to get prompt answers/responses..
Thanks a lot..
Best Answer
Slightly related, decided to put this here for future googlers.
Using Rails 2.3.14 on Ruby 1.8.7 with bundler. As suggested by thoughtbot I'm using paperclip 2.7, i.e. my gemfile contains:
I was also receiving the "undefined method" error. What fixed it for me was to drop a
paperclip.rb
file intoconfig/initializers
containing the following:Hopefully this will save someone a bit of headache.