Attachemnts outside DB
 

Is there a hack that allows this? an attachment outside the actual database, im helping a customer and his old wm didnt installed something , so his database is 700MB!!! , its crazy.. hard time porting it over..

So is there a hack that does this, saving attachments outside database.

Thanks you for your time.

--------------- Added [DATE]1233007200[/DATE] at [TIME]1233007200[/TIME] ---------------

i think i found where..
However , now how do i move the attachments FROM database to like some other place , yet still retaining the post and images.

Thanks

That's basic vB functionality, no need for a mod. Go to AdminCP, Attachments, the last menu entry there (dont know exact english phrasing, mine is German). Something like Save mode. There you can move the attachments from the database to the file system and vice versa.

Nothing will break if you use this. After you moved the attachments to file system, you there can move them to another folder, too.

You need to create a folder first to move them to. Make sure to chmod it to 777 and it should be above your forum root. Then just go to Attachments > Attachment Storage Type > Move to Filesystem (or something like that) and it will ask for where and you put in the full path (/home/yoursite/attachments) and then Continue

ok thank you both

another quick question, will the "Current" attachments be moved from the database into the newly created folder or no?

thanks

Yes they will be moved.

Great stuff, thanks for the info! , hopefuly wont take years.

Also, you should place the attachments directory behind the web root (i.e. /home/user/attachments, not /home/user/public_html/attachments).

oh ,

i already moved them to pubilc_html/etc/ , if i change directories , will it also move the files once again?

thanks

Can u explain why - and will members still be able to access that Dir - reason asking is because i have my attachment folder inside the VB folder.

Cheers

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