Hi all,

I recently had to perform a content type update on a number of large document 
libraries. In preparation for this I diligently created a view with all 
columns, opened it in Datasheet view and copied out the metadata for pasting 
back later.

I then changed all documents to use the default Document content type; and 
deleted the custom content types and columns from the library.

After updating and reactivating my CT feature I added them back to the list and 
then changed all documents to use the custom CT again. What I didn't expect to 
see was that all the custom metadata was still intact - and I'm not talking 
about Office Documents here. PDFs, images, emails, text files. You name it.

Despite the wasted effort in trying to preserve this data I remain both very 
pleased and very confused by this revelation.

Does anyone have any idea how this is possible?

Regards,

Paul
Online Developer, ICT
CEO Sydney

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