Copy Macro Issue

[Kiran Patchigolla <Ki...@Hyperion.com>]

I am facing issues with using copy macro for copying versioned objects. Here
is a sample scenario:

 

Original object:

Name: XYZ.doc

Number of Versions: 3 v1, v2 and v3

Checked-in property value: v3

 

1. Copy the object using the copy macro. The Destination copied object has
the following properties:

            Name: CopiedXYZ.doc

            Checked-in property value: v3

 

The problem is both the original and the copied object are referring to the
same history node v3. 

 

2. Add a new version v4 to the original object:

Name: XYZ.doc

Number of Versions: 4 v1, v2, v3 and v4

Checked-in property value: v4

 

3. At this point the new (copied) object still has the checked-in property
as v3.

            Name: CopiedXYZ.doc

            Checked-in property value: v3

4. Now try adding a new version to the new (copied) object. This will throw
a precondition violation say that checkouts with descendants is not allowed.
Since I am trying to check out v3, when there is already a successor for v3,
which is v4 created by the original object.

 

This seems a pretty basic flaw in the copy macro. Ideally it should be
creating new history nodes for the new (copied) object. Is this a known
issue? Does the copy macro does support copying versioned objects? If it
does, this problem should be fixed. If it does not, it should not be copying
version related properties.

 

Thanks

Kiran



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