Hi all, hoping someone may be able to assist.
Am using a pipeline to remove attachments using the format of 'fid_14=&delfile_fid_14=1'
The result of this is that whilst the attachment looks to be removed from the form, it still is actually being stored (app file manager shows the attachments still exist).
Has anyone else encountered this or possibly have a solution ?
Cheers in advance.
Qrew LegendA couple of years ago, there was a bug where if the file attachment was deleted by an API that the File management system and also your statistics still showed that the file existed and you were consuming space against your file attachment limits
at the time, they definitely fix that bug because I had been working with a client to purge thousands of files attachments and they did fix the bug.
If you can actually prove to Quickbase support that that is once again happening then that would be a legitimate bug.
I have a pipeline that ran yesterday and deleted a file attachment. The format I am using is:
API_EditRecord&rid={{a.id}}&_fid_6=&delfile_fid_6=1&vid=1
How many revisions of the file do you retain? (See field definition.) In my configuration, only 1 revision of the files are retained; therefore, vid=1 deletes the only revision. See: Upload and download files – Quickbase Help
Hi all and thanks for input. Again i have attempted the above. The file itself is removed from the form, however it still appears in file attachments in app manager.
Below is the output from the pipeline call
Type:
action
Channel:
quickbase
Index:
b
Pipeline:
TRY TO REMOVE ONE SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT
Step:
Make Request
Run timestamp:
Fri Aug 08 2025 14:33:55 GMT+1000 (Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Input
url:
https://domain/db/bm6v8zsbw/?act=API_EditRecord&rid=179302&_fid_12=&delfile_fid_12=1
method:
POST
disable_ssl_verification:
false
Output
url:
https://domain/db/bm6v8zsbw/?act=API_EditRecord&rid=179302&_fid_12=&delfile_fid_12=1
status:
200
content:
<?xml version="1.0" ?> <qdbapi> <action>API_EditRecord</action> <errcode>0</errcode> <errtext>No error</errtext> <rid>179302</rid> <num_fields_changed>1</num_fields_changed> <update_id>1754627635259</update_id> </qdbapi>
elapsed:
0.125597
headers
json
qdbapi
action:
API_EditRecord
errcode:
0
errtext:
No error
rid:
179302
num_fields_changed:
1
update_id:
1754627635259
again any help appreciated...
Qrew LegendHave you tried going into the field properties for the File attachment field and setting the number of revisions to retain at 1? Are you OK with not retaining previous versions?
