Store file uploads in the database

This gem allows to store carrierwave uploads in the database, eg. on platforms with ephemeral filesystems like Heroku.

Installation

# In: Gemfile
gem 'carrierwave-blob', github: "samvincent/carrierwave-blob"

Usage

1. Setup your uploader to use the blob storage:

# In: app/uploaders/picture_uploader.rb
storage CarrierWave::Storage::Blob

2. Generate a migration for your model:

rails generate carrier_wave_blob_migration Idea

3. Execute the migrations:

rake db:migrate

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This is a fork of a found gist by @karmi.