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' %> <p> <%= submit_tag "Upload" %> </p> <% 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:in `method_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' -- 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-talk@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.