File Upload: What to do when page has a validation error.

Question

Hi,
Here's the situation. I have a page with 2 fields: Description and File (this is a file browse item). Both are required. I want to place the file into a custom table called car_pictures.
The user selects a file, but forgets to enter the description. The validation catches this and returns the user back to the form page.
The problem is that the user's file has been uploaded to the system in APEX_APPLICATION_FILES. As you can imagine this can clutter up the DB with unused files.
I was thinking about how to solve the issue and here's what I think. Please let me know if there's a better way to approach this issue:
- Create a table called: temp_file_storage... it'll have the same properties as the APEX_APPLICATION_FILES view.
- Have a page process (on submit, before validations) that moves (i.e. copy then delete) the file from APEX_APPLICATION_FILES to temp_file_storage
- Have a page_process (on submit, after validation) which will move the file from temp_file_storage to car_pictures.
- Create a system or DB process which will "empty" the temp_file_storage table
Though there's extra steps here and a process which you may need to run daily, it will prevent old data cluttering up the apex_application_files table.
Thoughts/comments?
Martin

Answer 1

Hi Merrileeruth,
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