upload a photo twice without saving 2 physical copies?

[rocks]

Hi!

If a particular user uploads a file twice,it is saved as 2 physical copies,by appending a tilde,followed by a number.Is it possible to upload a photo twice,belonging to a particular user by saving only one physical copy in the userpics folder,& have 2 separate entries in the xxx_pictures table, with a same filepath in both the records?

[Joachim Müller]

How should coppermine determine the difference if files have idenctial names but show something different? It can't. Therefor, your question is not applicable if you ask me.