topic Can't 'update' a file to a new version in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-t-update-a-file-to-a-new-version/m-p/170439#M123730 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I reported this as a bug here</SPAN><BR /><A href="https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALFCOM-1839" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALFCOM-1839</A><BR /><SPAN>but maybe I'm doing something wrong and somebody can put me right…</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>On Alfresco Version: Community Network - v2.9.0 (B 683) </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If i try to "update" an file to a new version, by clicking the file's "update" action, </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I get&nbsp; a screen with:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>"Update &lt;file name&gt;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Update a document on the repository with content from your computer.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN> Local copy location</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>1. Locate and upload your document to the repository.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Location: ________________________ [browse button]</SPAN><BR /><SPAN> </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>2. Click upload [Upload button]</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I can browse to a &lt;new file&gt;, select it, and click OK.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>The message "&lt;new file&gt; was uploaded successfully" appears at the foot of the screen.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>However, when I return to the same, the original file is still in place, no update appears to have taken place.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Versioning is enabled. No change to version number occurs.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:03 GMT davidd 2008-07-23T11:18:03Z Can't 'update' a file to a new version https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-t-update-a-file-to-a-new-version/m-p/170439#M123730 I reported this as a bug herehttps://issues.alfresco.com/jira/browse/ALFCOM-1839but maybe I'm doing something wrong and somebody can put me right…On Alfresco Version: Community Network - v2.9.0 (B 683) If i try to "update" an file to a new version, by clicking the file's "update" action, I get&nbsp; a sc Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:18:03 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-t-update-a-file-to-a-new-version/m-p/170439#M123730 davidd 2008-07-23T11:18:03Z Re: Can't 'update' a file to a new version https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-t-update-a-file-to-a-new-version/m-p/170440#M123731 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Can no-one else in the Alfresco 'community' replicate this behaviour? </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Or tell me if I'm doing something wrong with my "versioning" settings?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I try and "check out" a file instead, into the same space, I just get an error about "Unable to check out Content Node due to system error<img id="smileyvery-happy" class="emoticon emoticon-smileyvery-happy" src="https://connect.hyland.com/i/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.png" alt="Smiley Very Happy" title="Smiley Very Happy" />uplicate child name not allowed: "</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>This is a complete blocker to me - </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to set up a document management system, and it can't even deal with new versions of documents!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've logged this in the Alfresco JIRA too…</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:13:25 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/can-t-update-a-file-to-a-new-version/m-p/170440#M123731 davidd 2008-07-24T12:13:25Z