TYPO3 Core

I think I got your question and yes - the distribution extension is also the extension which creates the tables where the records should be afterwards.

As I understood it, a distribution works like this:

1. Execute ext_tables.sql from extension
2. Download dependency extensions and install them
3. Create fileadmin/foo folder
4. Import t3d file (tree, records, etc.)

What I did now, is import the t3d file again, after the import of the distribution and the records are there. That would then mean, that the ext_tables.sql is processed after everything else, which means that the records, the t3d files includes are ignored, because the tables don't exist yet, right?

Shouldn't the ext_tables.sql be processed at first?

Maybe the processing is in the false order ... maybe a cache isn't cleared correctly (so the core do not know about the table after they are "installed").
Does one of the existing distribution adds tables and fills them up?

Okay what I tried now:

• Import another small extension with the ext_tables.sql as a dependency, so the tables are present, when the t3d file is imported (assuming the ext_tables.sql was previously processed last)

Data is still not imported!

• Same as first way but I installed the "base" extension with the ext_tables.sql file manually so the tables are all there when I install the distribution package

Data is still not imported!

I'm out of options now, so any help would be appreciated. I looked at some other distributions and they don't include a ext_tables.sql file.

Ok, I tried a third thing. Instead of a full page tree export with records, tt_content, etc., I just exported the records which are not working and which are located in a Storage Folder.

Result
The Storage Folder gets imported, but the records are still missing.

Hey,

we fixed this in v9 recently, so enjoy :) Sorry for the long delay. If there is still an issue, let me know.