Microsoft KB Archive/319512

= Site Deployment Import Creates Duplicate Postings in Same Channel =

Article ID: 319512

Article Last Modified on 4/14/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Content Management Server 2001 Service Pack 1

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This article was previously published under Q319512



SYMPTOMS
A site deployment import operation may place two copies of the same page or posting on the import server although only one copy of the page or posting was exported. Both of the duplicated pages or postings have a status of &quot;Published&quot;. The page or posting that is duplicated is frequently the default page or posting of the folder or channel.



CAUSE
The site deployment import checks the globally unique identifier (GUID) of the imported item with the GUID that is already present in the database. If the GUIDs match, site deployment overwrites the item (that is, the page, posting, template, or resources) in the database with the item that is in the Resolution Object Package (ROP) file that the import process uses. If the GUID of the page or posting in the ROP file is different from the one in the database for any reason, site deployment creates a new page or posting in the channel that is specified in the ROP file instead of overwriting the previous version of the page or posting on the database.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the Delete all existing containers contents when replacing containers feature during import. This feature deletes the previous version of the default page or posting and leaves only one copy of the posting on the production server.

NOTE: This feature also deletes all subchannels under the channel where the default page is located. As a result, you must carefully plan the export or you may accidentally delete the subchannels under a channel when you update the default page or posting.



MORE INFORMATION
The GUID of the same page or posting on the export server (typically the authoring server) and the import server (typically the production server) may be mismatched because of the way that the page is updated on the export server. If the authors update the page or posting by creating a new page or posting in the channel, and the authors then expire the old page or posting after the new page or posting is completed to make sure that they can revert back to the previous version of the page or posting, the newly created set of pages or postings has a different GUID than the original page or posting.

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