Attachments

Attachments are one of the types of Field values.

They allow you to store files such as documents or images in a field. When you configure a field to have attachments, Dabble DB will allow you to upload a single file into the field while editing an entry with that field. (In other words, the field can contain one file per entry.)

The file will be presented as a link in any Views showing the field. If the field contains an image in JPEG, GIF or PNG format, then it will be displayed inline in the view.

You can change a field to have attachments using the Field configuration. Any existing data in the field (if, for example, it is a text field will be lost when you make the change.

There are no configuration options for attachment fields.

Each Database has a limit on the total size of all files. This limit depends on your account plan. When the limit is exceeded, no more files can be uploaded until some are removed.

When an attachments field is in a Table view, you can access several Derived fields to show information about each file.

Derived fields available from an attachment field

• Filename shows the original filename as it was when uploaded
• File type indicates what type of file it is (image, document, etc.)
• Size (MB) shows the size of the file in megabytes
• Extension shows the extension portion of the filename, if any (e.g. ”.doc” or ”.jpg”)
• Excerpt shows an excerpt of text from the file if it is a text file that Dabble DB can read