max upload file size

[danperrett]

Whats the max upload file size permitted by rails? and can it be changes?

Dan.

[rob]

I'm not aware of any limits. However, if you save the file directly into the database (in a BLOB for example), it won't let you save more than 5 MB or so. When we've used the file_column plugin, we've seen successful uploads of 50 MB or more.