On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 5:51 AM, Earnie Boyd <earnie@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
I think the better solution to this is to not store the files/whatever/file in the DB row and store only file. The variables tell where the files are located so storing the path to the file in the row is a normalization issue. I just moved a site from one host service to another and the location for the files changed. Needless to say I had to update the user rows for the avatar's no less. If the variables were used always to create the path and only the file name stored in the DB then moving the files directory should have been a simple change to the configuration. I don't have time to work on a patch for this idea at the moment but I do have it on my round tuit list.
As with most Drupal problems there's already an issue for that: http://drupal.org/node/366464 Looking forward to seeing you in the issue queue, andrew