#27188: FileField cannot be used with unique=True
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Reporter: jribbens | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: File uploads/storage | Version: 1.10
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Easy pickings: 1 | UI/UX: 0
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In #4345 , code was added which explicitly prevents the use of
`unique=True` on `FileField` fields. This seems bizarre and wrong, since
making unique FileFields not only makes sense, it would be rare for
''not'' making them unique to make sense - after all, you can't have two
different files with the same filename! Not allowing `unique=True` leads
to impaired data integrity as the database can't therefore enforce the
necessary uniqueness of filenames. (Looking at the previous ticket, it
appears people were confused that it would be the file contents that was
supposed to be unique, not the filenames.)
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