Static Files Bug?

I've noticed that deleting a static file from Shared Components doesn't actually remove the file from the files table.
When running :
SELECT * FROM APEX_WORKSPACE_FILES WHERE FILE_NAME LIKE 'bulk_import_%'
I see a series of old files that have been 'deleted'.
This is a problem because the 'Static Files' page shows the last record, but the download and edit links give you the first record.
This prevents you from updating a file with the same file name. If you do the old file is the one you get when you try to download it.
You can upload a new file with a new file but then you have to update every single link you have to that file.
Is this a known bug? I've tried searching metalink but didn't find anything useful.
Any tips would be appreciated.
Matt

Matt,
I also encountered the same issue. I think, it is a bug.
Regards, Tamas

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Please let me know if this a a wrong place to file bug reports.
I installed webserver7u4 and when I try to access a static file within my war which contains a space in the path, I get HTTP404.
$ ls webserver7/https-myapp/web-app/myapp/_default/images/ddtree/black\ spinner/1.png
webserver7/https-myapp/web-app/myapp/_default/images/ddtree/black spinner/1.png
$ wget -O /dev/null "http://localhost:8080/images/ddtree/black spinner/1.png
"--13:47:06-- http://localhost:8080/images/ddtree/black%20spinner/1.png
=> `/dev/null'
Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1, ::1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not found
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Aug 1 2008 webserver7/https-myapp/web-app/myapp/_default/images/ddtree/black%20spinner -> black spinner
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Resolving localhost... 127.0.0.1, ::1
Connecting to localhost|127.0.0.1|:8080... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
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100%[======================================================================== =======================================>] 1,446 --.--K/s
13:49:37 (89.76 MB/s) - `/dev/null' saved [1446/1446]So to me it appears that webserver doesn't decode the path before searching the local file system, which to me looks like a bug.
Let me know if you need more info.
cheers,
Igor

HTTP/1.1 RFC [http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.2|http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.2]
3.2 Uniform Resource Identifiers
URIs have been known by many names: WWW addresses, Universal Document Identifiers,
Universal Resource Identifiers [3], and finally the combination of
Uniform Resource Locators (URL) [4] and Names (URN) ... where
3 is a link to [http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1630.txt|http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1630.txt] section BNF for specific URL schemes
httpaddress              h t t p :   / / hostport [ / path ] [ ?search ]
path                   void | segment [ / path ]
segment                xpalphas
xpalphas               xpalpha [ xpalphas ]
xpalpha                xalpha | +
xalpha                 alpha | digit | safe | extra | escape
alpha                  a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k |
                         l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v |
                         w | x | y | z | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
                         H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
                         S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
digit                  0 |1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
safe                   $ | - | _ | @ | . | & | + | -
extra                  ! | * | " | ' | ( | ) | ,
escape                 % hex hex
hex                    digit | a | b | c | d | e | f | A | B | C | D | E | F{code}
4 is a link to RFC 1738 Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
[http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt|http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt] section 5. BNF for specific URL schemes
has :
{code}
httpurl        = "http://" hostport [ "/" hpath [ "?" search ]]
hpath          = hsegment *[ "/" hsegment ]
hsegment       = *[ uchar | ";" | ":" | "@" | "&" | "=" ]
uchar          = unreserved | escape
escape         = "%" hex hex
hex            = digit | "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" |
                             "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f"
unreserved     = alpha | digit | safe | extra
alpha          = lowalpha | hialpha
lowalpha       = "a" | "b" | "c" | "d" | "e" | "f" | "g" | "h" |
                 "i" | "j" | "k" | "l" | "m" | "n" | "o" | "p" |
                 "q" | "r" | "s" | "t" | "u" | "v" | "w" | "x" |
                 "y" | "z"
hialpha        = "A" | "B" | "C" | "D" | "E" | "F" | "G" | "H" | "I" |
                 "J" | "K" | "L" | "M" | "N" | "O" | "P" | "Q" | "R" |
                 "S" | "T" | "U" | "V" | "W" | "X" | "Y" | "Z"
digit          = "0" | "1" | "2" | "3" | "4" | "5" | "6" | "7" |"8" | "9"
safe           = "$" | "-" | "_" | "." | "+"
extra          = "!" | "*" | "'" | "(" | ")" | ","
{code}
I do not see space in these RFCs for httpurl.

Bug uploading static files

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We are still running on APEX 3.1.2 though we hope to go to 4 very soon.
We had a production problem this past week that is perplexing. I have seen other posts referencing similar issues but no solutions.
We have an application that has several Static File Javascripts (.js). We already ran into the IE Upload bug so we only upload in Mozilla now.
We had changes to one of the .js files (identity.js). I deleted the old file using the Shared Components screen and uploaded the new one. The action was "Successful" but the file was still the old version. We deleted a file of 73 lines of code and uploaded a new version of 28 lines. After successful upload, we still would get the 73 line version . The app was still getting that version too.
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I followed this procedure to password protect my web service and the static files.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/DF41D5DA8EEB4840862577D90058C208
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Attachments:
Example Web Service.zip ‏15 KB

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We have just migrated our APEX Application from one server to another.
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Hello Sanjay,
If you upload any static files such as IMAGES, FILES, or CSS you have to use the tags: #WORKSPACE_IMAGES# or #IMAGE_PREFIX# depending on your files location..
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Oleg,
you might want to have a look at the official WLP performance support pattern (Metalink DocID 761001.1 ) , which contains a section about "Configuring a Fronting Web Server Serving WebLogic Portal 8.1 Static Artifacts ".
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How to Clear Cache for an Old Static File in Shared Components

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I have a CSS static file in the shared components that is used in different applications. I recently modified the CSS file, but the changes are not reflected in my applications.
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