Use FileExists to determine if the filename already exists. If it doesn't, keep the original name, if it does, create a new file name with a UUID.
Pascal > -----Original Message----- > From: Anders Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 29 October 2004 04:28 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: CFFILE copy, but with "MakeUnique" like upload? > > Ok... so, I have some pictures. They are uploaded by > users. CFFILE action="upload" has a very handy way > of making sure they never overwrite any other files > with the same name. The name of the file is in the > database. (Let the webserver do all the work of cacheing) > > Now, I clone the database record. I want to copy > the image file to a new, unique name, (and update the > new database record, of course) so that when editing > is done on the new record, like deleting the image (which > removes both the filename in the db _and_ the actual file) > it doesn't mess up the original record, which would > still be referencing the original image file. > > If the CFFILE action="copy" had the nameConflict=makeUnique > like upload does, it would be very easy. But it doesn't. > > I guess I could make a UUID and stick a ".jpg" on the > end of it, but keeping the original base file name would > be nicer. > > Thoughts? > > Anders > +===========================================================+ > |Anders Green Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Home: 919.303.0218 | > | Off Road Rally Racing Team: http://linaracing.com/ | > +===========================================================+ > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182907 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
