Hi All, I apologize for any incorrect/simplified verbiage I use; I'm a total Rails/Ruby novice. I also apologize if I've posted in the wrong category.
I currently have a functioning Rails-based project management application up and running for my graphics company. The site simply manages all the various data that's applicable to each individual job that goes through the company. Each job has a simple 9 character "number" associated to it (i.e., 2010-1234). Each job also has a PDF file with a partially systematic naming format. I say "partially" because the first 9 characters of the PDF utilize our job number and then everything that comes after is contingent upon the client we did the work for; some clients use job numbers, some use job names, and others use both. So our PDF file might look like one of the following: 2010-1234 (Warner Center) SD9283B.pdf or 2010-1235 (XO345).pdf Moreover, we've used different PDF naming conventions over the years, but we've always used the 9 character format that comes at the front of the PDF file name. So here is what I want to do: Create a simple link to the applicable PDF from the record editor/show. So if I'm viewing, for example, job/record 2010-1234 I'll have a rails-generated-link to it's respective PDF. The problem is that I need a link that looks something like => "/PDFs/2010-1234*wildcard*.pdf". So the question is, how do I fill in that *wildcard* file-name data? Maybe this is something I need to do outside of ruby/rails? The only solution I can think of is using Ruby to somehow grab the file name, store it, and then utilize it to generate the link. I can't say I know how to do that but I'm sure I could learn--I just need to know where to begin. And, yes, I could batch rename every file to remove everything after the first 9 characters, but at some point I'd like the application to send the PDFs off as e-mails and our clients need their job titles intact. Thanks, -Brandon -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
