Hello,

I've got a strange problem with some files I have on a DNN 04.08.04 host: my files seem to be lost!

I have a module of mine that handles files, by loading them in some folders and referencing them as files (in the Files table, and I put a FileID reference in my tables). All was working perfectly, till today: I now have some of my fileID references that point to unexisting files, or better.... it appears that my fileIDs were changed with new ones!

Example: I had a file named "file.gif" in /portals/0/myfolder, with a fileID of 7656.

I now have my fileID saved (still 7656), but in the Files table my "file.gif" has now a new iD, say 22345. At filesystem, the file is still there.

Who's changing my fileIDs? Why? Isn't it right for me to rely on the FileID to keep a reference to my files?

Could it be the FileSynchronizer schedule that did something wrong? Can I recover the correct fileIDs, or should I update my references to the new IDs? But how to avoid this problem to occurr again?

Any help greatly appreciated, thank you.

Regards,

al.

Jeff Cochran wrote If you use the file manager and do a recursive synchroze of files it may do this.  Don't quote me on it though. Jeff

Jeff,

will check if anybody did so, thank you. I now disabled the synchronizer schedule, as suggested in other posts about this problem: just have to say the problem is still there with DNN 4.8.4.

Sebastian Leupold wrote does the problem even occur, if scheduled sync job is disabled in Host :: Scheduler ? I suggest to use autoSync (in Host Setting) and occasionally manual recursive sync's after manipulating folders isntead.

Sebastian,
thanks for the hint: apparently, disabling the sync scheduled task did solve the problem (at least I did not get into it again, till now). Was this fixed for 4.9, or not yet?