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Forms attachments and SQL

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Updated August 5, 2019

asked on November 21, 2014

My current understanding is that when including attachments on forms, those attachments are stored in SQL. Is this true? I'm worried that SQL Express's 10GB limit will not be able to handle my needs if my users are attaching large pdf documents to their form submissions.

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replied on November 21, 2014

Hi there,

Attachments are stored in SQL in Laserfiche Forms.

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replied on November 21, 2014

As a followup to this question.

How would you go about Archiving forms and their attachments after 5 years? Detach the database and create a new one?

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replied on November 21, 2014

Hi there,

Good question. Archiving mechanism will be addressed in future Forms version.

Do you have any suggestion for the archiving feature behavior?

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replied on August 5, 2019

Hello,

Just following up on this old thread. As we're now several versions of Forms later, has there been any progress in archiving the SQL databases?

Thanks,

Michael

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replied on August 5, 2019

In Forms 10.4 there is now a way to manage how long data (including attachments) are store in the Forms database (https://www.laserfiche.com/support/webhelp/Laserfiche/10/en-us/administration/#../Subsystems/Forms/Content/Administration/Data-Maintenance.htm%3FTocPath%3DForms%7CAdministering%2520Laserfiche%2520Forms%7C_____5)

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replied on August 5, 2019

Thanks. We're still on 3.1, so even though it's not an archiving solution, this may meet our needs.

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