Index: filefield_field.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/filefield/filefield_field.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -p -r1.9 filefield_field.inc
--- filefield_field.inc	7 Nov 2008 22:18:57 -0000	1.9
+++ filefield_field.inc	25 Jan 2009 16:30:20 -0000
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ function filefield_field_sanitize($node,
     if (!empty($item['fid']) && empty($item['filepath'])) {
       $items[$delta] = array_merge($item, field_file_load($item['fid']));
     }
+    // extract data array from string
+    if (is_string($item['data'])){
+      $items[$delta]['data'] = unserialize($item['data']);
+    }
     // Add nid so formatters can create a link to the node.
     $items[$delta]['nid'] = $node->nid;
   }