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Alfresco Share 4.0 Community Questions

herner — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 08:39:41 GMT

Hi forum, I new with Alfresco and I have some question. I#ve searched in this forum but I found no answers:1. Is it possible to merge contact lists from different sites into one big contact list (or put it into one database table)?2. Is it possible to add more (custom) attributes to the create site

Re: Alfresco Share 4.0 Community Questions

mrogers — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:04:05 GMT

1. Is it possible to merge contact lists from different sites into one big contact list (or put it into one database table)?
Yes - but you will need to do it in code.
An alternative is to model a different type of contact list, one that is not related to a site.

2. Is it possible to add more (custom) attributes to the create site dialog and use this attribute direct in the underlying database?
Yes.

3. Alfresco stores the content in *.bin files in the file system and not in the database, right? It there a way to store the content in the database?
Yes there are database content stores available however we (engineering) have always expected that there will be performance penalties with that approach. I've never seen comparison figures though. :mrgreen:

Re: Alfresco Share 4.0 Community Questions

herner — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:11:18 GMT

Hi,

where can i find more information for point 2 and what is the best approach for point 1?

Regards, Arnd

Re: Alfresco Share 4.0 Community Questions

kqfflo — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:39:34 GMT

Alfresco stores the content in *.bin files in the file system and not in the database, right? It there a way to store the content in the database?

Sorry for asking, but this is something which makes imho absolutely no sense. What might be the reason to do it in that way? Especially when I think of backup and restore with the keyfiles … in my studys we were always told that "storing files in databases is like putting a house into a house and then on fire" - makes no sense.

Re: Alfresco Share 4.0 Community Questions

herner — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:46:49 GMT

Hi,

with sharepoint I can access the content with database views. This was my first though to merge the contact lists from multiple alfresco sites and use a view to display all entries in a custom page. But this is not possible with Alfresco. Now I'm searching for another way to merge contact lists from different sites into on contact list.

Regards, Arnd.