Question

I’m trying to submit a form entry with an uploaded file, but I can’t seem to get the controller to save the data properly.

Essentially, I want to post a caption and the uploaded source in one form.

An example of my domain class:

class Image {
    String caption
    Date dateCreated
    Date lastUpated
    String source
}

I don’t how to store the source file and save the entry.

Here is what I’ve done so far:

def upload () {
    def f = request.getFile('source')
    f.transferTo(new File("/path/to/file.tmp"))
    return
}
def save () {
    upload()
    def img = new Image(params)
    img.save(flush: true)
    ...runtime exception...
}

File creation works, but obviously the details on saving the Image entry is incorrect.

Answer 1

Consider this question answered. The problem was not Grails, but the tiny detail of me failing to install the plug-in necessary to insert data into the database.