write a data archiving type of database. Basically, Notes cannot have mutiple
attachments with the same file name on them.
But why would you want to do that anyway? In our case, we were saving notes ID
files in a protected Notes database. Each ID file was saved for all users -
even when they were re-certified. The old IDs are useful for encryption
purposes and other reasons.
However, mutiple files in one doc, even in different RTF fields will cause
problems in Notes. What you see is this: Suppose we have three files - A
(dated 1997), B (dated 1999) and C (dated 2000). Attach all three in one doc,
and from both Script back end and UI front end, no matter which of the three
you try to detach, you will get file B. Remove it, and you will only be able
to get file C. Remove that, and you will finally be able to get to A.
The only workaround is to add something to the filenames to make them unique -
in our case we added an integer to the front of the file name because they
always started with letters and we can remove the numbers as needed.
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This was first published in November 2000