To access files in rails, you can use the Ruby File Class http://ruby-doc.org/core/classes/File.html#M002579
You can put this into a method in the model. Then either call it specifically from the controller, or use an after_update callback to automatically create the file after the object has been saved to the database def save_file(filename) File.open "#{RAILS_ROOT}/tmp/#{filename}", 'w' do |f| f.write contents end end Tonypm -- 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.