How to bring coordination between file system and database?

Question

I am working on a online file management project. We are storing references on the database (sql server) and files data on the on file system.

We are facing a probl

Answer 1

Treat the two events (managing the reference, and managing the file) as a single transaction. If either one fails, back the other one out. Then you should find it hard to get into a situation where the two are not in sync. It's easier to rollback database operations than filesystem operations.