Paperclip and failed validation - avoid reupload

Question

Hello,

I am currently setting up Paperclip for a model with Rails 3. When one of the fields fails validation (title), the user has to upload the file again. This is not very user friendly :/

The recommendation from the Paperclip forum is to move the Paperclip stuff into a related model. My model is very simple with just a few fields, so I would like to avoid having two pages/steps for creating a record.

arts/create (when valid) -> arts_image/create

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

I use the two-step solution with a separate model. Although it's possible to code and hack your way around the default behaviour, you could also validate on the client-side with JS.