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title: "Important: #69909 - FAL-based Database Fields moved to integer"
manual: "TYPO3 Core Changelog"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/changelog:important-69909"
source: "Changelog/7.5/Important-69909-FAL-basedDatabaseFieldsMovedToInteger.rst"
modified: "2026-09-14T09:47:36+00:00"
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# Important: #69909 - FAL-based Database Fields moved to integer

See [forge#69909](https://forge.typo3.org/issues/69909)

## Description

The FAL-related fields in the database tables `pages`, `pages_language_overlay` and `tt_content` that contained
a comma-separated list of paths to files were migrated at 6.2 with the shipped update wizards to IRRE fields.
The database fields `pages.media`, `pages_language_overlay.media`, `tt_content.image` and `tt_content.media`
now only contain numeric values, which are handled by the DataHandler and the Reference Index, holding
the number of references. The database fields are now changed to be only int fields, instead fields of type `text`.