pretty sure it's the other way around Shawn...1 record to many filenames ;-)

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Grover" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:05 PM
Subject: RE: Concatanation (THANKS)


> one minor flaw with that routine....  you are limited to one record per
> file.  If you need to associate multiple records to a single file, or a
> single file to multiple records, then you will need a cross reference table
> (i.e. FileID, RecordID)
>
> But even worse yet, if your file can be associated with multiple records in
> multiple tables (where a file can be referenced from an image table, and a
> download table for instance), then you need include a table pointer of some
> sort:
> (i.e. FileID, TableName, RecordID)
>
> HTH
>
> Shawn Grover
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Taavon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 2:48 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Concatanation (THANKS)
>
>
> THANKS!! Went with that route. Much easier than what I was trying to
> attempt.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:43 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Concatanation
>
>
> I would have an extra table to associate files uploads with the record (i.e.
> Filename_ID,record_ID,
> filename).  For each upload grab the name of the file uploaded (server.file
> if memory serves) and
> store it in the new table along with the record_ID in question.  Then to
> display lateer you can just
> grab all filenames associated with a given record ID.
>
> HTH
>
> Bryan Stevenson
> VP & Director of E-Commerce Development
> Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
> p. 250.920.8830
> e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Taavon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 12:36 PM
> Subject: Concatanation
>
>
> > Is it possible to concatenate multiple file uploads within the same field
> in
> > a database in order to list all files uploaded for a particular record?
> How
> > would it be done?
> >
> >
>
>
> 
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