Manual:Filearchive table

The filearchive table stores all the media that has been deleted, similar to the archive table's job for text. This is the table that makes image undeletion possible. Prior to MediaWiki 1.11, this was disabled per default, and Manual:$wgSaveDeletedFiles must be set to true to enable it. Since version 1.11, the behavior is controlled by $wgFileStore, and deleted files are per default stored in $wgUploadDirectory/deleted.

See also: Oldimage table

"DESCRIBE filearchive" in MediaWiki 1.8 gives the following: +--++--+-+-++ +--++--+-+-++ +--++--+-+-++
 * Field               | Type                                                                                                   | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * fa_id               | int(11)                                                                                                | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * fa_name             | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_archive_name     | varchar(255)                                                                                           | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_storage_group    | varchar(16)                                                                                            | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_storage_key      | varchar(64)                                                                                            | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_user     | int(11)                                                                                                | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_timestamp | char(14)                                                                                              | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_reason   | text                                                                                                   | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_size             | int(8) unsigned                                                                                        | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_width            | int(5)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_height           | int(5)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_metadata         | mediumblob                                                                                             | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_bits             | int(3)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_media_type       | enum('UNKNOWN','BITMAP','DRAWING','AUDIO','VIDEO','MULTIMEDIA','OFFICE','TEXT','EXECUTABLE','ARCHIVE') | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_major_mime       | enum('unknown','application','audio','image','text','video','message','model','multipart')             | YES  |     | unknown |                |
 * fa_minor_mime       | varchar(32)                                                                                            | YES  |     | unknown |                |
 * fa_description      | tinyblob                                                                                               | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_user             | int(5) unsigned                                                                                        | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_user_text        | varchar(255)                                                                                           | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_timestamp        | char(14)                                                                                               | YES  |     | NULL    |                |

mysql> describe mw_filearchive; +--++--+-+-++ +--++--+-+-++ +--++--+-+-++ 20 rows in set (0.01 sec)
 * Field               | Type                                                                                                   | Null | Key | Default | Extra          |
 * fa_id               | int(11)                                                                                                | NO   | PRI | NULL    | auto_increment |
 * fa_name             | varchar(255)                                                                                           | NO   | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_archive_name     | varchar(255)                                                                                           | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_storage_group    | varchar(16)                                                                                            | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_storage_key      | varchar(64)                                                                                            | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_user     | int(11)                                                                                                | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_timestamp | char(14)                                                                                              | YES  | MUL | NULL    |                |
 * fa_deleted_reason   | text                                                                                                   | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_size             | int(8) unsigned                                                                                        | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_width            | int(5)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_height           | int(5)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_metadata         | mediumblob                                                                                             | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_bits             | int(3)                                                                                                 | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_media_type       | enum('UNKNOWN','BITMAP','DRAWING','AUDIO','VIDEO','MULTIMEDIA','OFFICE','TEXT','EXECUTABLE','ARCHIVE') | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_major_mime       | enum('unknown','application','audio','image','text','video','message','model','multipart')             | YES  |     | unknown |                |
 * fa_minor_mime       | varchar(32)                                                                                            | YES  |     | unknown |                |
 * fa_description      | tinyblob                                                                                               | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_user             | int(5) unsigned                                                                                        | YES  |     | 0       |                |
 * fa_user_text        | varchar(255)                                                                                           | YES  |     | NULL    |                |
 * fa_timestamp        | char(14)                                                                                               | YES  |     | NULL    |                |