Sorting Images

[crashnet]

Is there a way to sort images in folders so when they are uploaded, they go into a folder that corresponds to the album that it is in?  As it is now, when someone uploads an image it goes into the userpics folder.  Hope that makes sense.

[bit bit spears]

i do not think this is possible with coppermine.

[Joachim Müller]

this discussion has been lead a thousand times: there's no point in pics being sorted into certain folders on the webserver - the database keeps track of the pic's url, the human doesn't have to.

GauGau

[pkulak]

What you are saying is to keep track of the same information in two different places. That is a huge design no-no. The entire point of a database is to remove redundancy. I could see writing a script that would copy pictures into corrosponding OS directories, but what would be the point? You mention backups? Just backup a database dump and the directory. I just don't see the problem.

[crashnet]

What you are saying is to keep track of the same information in two different places. That is a huge design no-no. The entire point of a database is to remove redundancy. I could see writing a script that would copy pictures into corrosponding OS directories, but what would be the point? You mention backups? Just backup a database dump and the directory. I just don't see the problem.

I apologize, and understand the redundancy issue, and come to think of it, thought of that after I made the post.  I was just a little upset over the way my question was responded to.  I have deleted the post as it is no longer necessary.