Versioning of files

Hi,
TS creates a version of files once we submit the file to staging. It gives the numbering of the versions by its own way. (1, 1+, 2). I would like to know is there any way where we can actually give the version number. (1, 1.1, 1.2)
I need this implementation where I am supposed to migrate a system with such version numbers on TS.

TS 6.5 SP2 on windows server 2003.

Any help is appreciated.

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nipper

Hey Amit

No, you are not going to be able to change the internal version ID. What are you importing from ? Can you grab a release at a time and create editions ?

The other choice that my come up (but I think could be a bad idea) is to import all the 1.0 and create an edition 1.0, then find all the 1.1s and label them 1.1

The reason that this is (IMHO) a bad idea, is that version 1.1 of foo.html and version 1.1 of bar.html may have been years apart and never existed at the same time. Thus if someone was looking at the 1.1 website, they are screwed.

You *could* try using EAs old version=1.1 etc. IIRC, metadata is versioned as well as the file so it *should* be accessible, not as easy to find.

Andy

Amit_LnT

Thanks Andy for your input.
There is a portal which has a CMS which versions the documents as 1, 1.1, 1.2. It also has the functionality to search the document listing its revision history and you can check them. They have a convention for the version numbers given. I wanted to have the same interface to the user from TS.
About EAs old version=1.1, I think you are suggesting for a custom extended attribute. I will give a thought, if it can be handled that way.

Thanks,
Amit

nipper

Yea I am suggesting a custom EA.

Test it out and make certain it is versioned (which I think it is) then the bigger issue is how can you search easily for a specific version.

Amit_LnT

Hi Andy,
Is there any command which gives all available versions for a file from staging area ? I checked with iwrlog.exe which gives version from the edition area. I need the complete list from staging area.

Thanks,
amit

nipper

I am a bit confused by your question. iwrlog shows WA, Stage and each edition. The 1st revision mentioned it the staging area.