Uploading documents with same name to SharePoint 2010

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I have a requirement to allow users to upload documents to a Sharepoint 2010 document library. The document type is defined by a custom content type with a documentid and type field. However, if I try uploading a document with the same name, I get a sharepoint error (I can't tell which one, since I don't have my config file set up properly – I can probably find it tomorrow). Is there some way to allow users to upload documents with the same name, but different metadata? For example, two users want to upload two separate, but with the same name, files. Each will have a different documentid and type. How can I do this?

Thanks

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No, unfortunately this is not possible. SharePoint treats the file name as the primary key identifier for a document so if you try to upload a second document with the same name it will assume this is a new version of the file. If you have versioning enabled on the document library, it will add this as a new version. If not, it will overwrite the original file with the new one.

If you need two documents with the same name, you will have to either place them in different folders within a document library or in different document libraries.

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Here is my solution:

    public class SharePoint
        {
            internal void SPUploader(Stream fs, string fn)
             {
                ClientContext context = new ClientContext("http://Sharepointsite");///SitePages/Home.aspx");
                System.Net.ICredentials creds = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

                context.Credentials = creds;
                context.RequestTimeout = 60000000; // Time in milliseconds

                string url = "/Members/";
                string fileName = Path.GetFileName(fn);                   

                string fnUrl = url + fn;

                Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File.SaveBinaryDirect(context, fnUrl, fs, true);

                string uniqueRefNo = GetNextDocRefNo();

                SP.Web web = context.Web;

                Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.File newFile = web.GetFileByServerRelativeUrl(fnUrl);
                context.Load(newFile);
                context.ExecuteQuery();

                Web site = context.Web;
                List docList = site.Lists.GetByTitle("Members");

                context.Load(docList);
                context.ExecuteQuery();


                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Workflow Number"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Agreement Number"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("First Name"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Surname"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("ID Number"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Date of Birth"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Country"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Description"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Type"));
                context.Load(docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Group"));

                context.ExecuteQuery();                                

*********NEED TO GET THE INTERNAL COLUMN NAMES FROM SHAREPOINT************
                var name = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Workflow Number").InternalName;
                var name2 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Agreement Number").InternalName;
                var name3 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("First Name").InternalName;
                var name4 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Surname").InternalName;
                var name5 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("ID Number").InternalName;
                var name6 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Date of Birth").InternalName;
                var name7 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Country").InternalName;
                var name8 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Description").InternalName;
                var name9 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Type").InternalName;
                var name10 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Document Group").InternalName;
                var name11 = docList.Fields.GetByTitle("Unique Document Ref No").InternalName;     

**********NOW SAVE THE METADATA TO SHAREPOINT**********
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name] = "927015";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name2] = "1234565";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name3] = "Joe";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name4] = "Soap";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name5] = "7502015147852";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name6] = "1975-02-01";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name7] = "ZA";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name8] = "Test";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name9] = "Requirements";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name10] = "Requirements";
                newFile.ListItemAllFields[name11] = uniqueRefNo;

                newFile.ListItemAllFields.Update();
                context.Load(newFile);
                context.ExecuteQuery();

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