Directing queries to database files

An apparatus, comprising:

• a memory to store data;
• and
• a processing device coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
• determine a first metadata associated with a particular file and a second metadata associated with a changed version of the particular file;
• direct, based on the first metadata associated with the particular file, a first query for the particular file to a first file that is associated with the particular file;
• and
• prevent a second query for the particular file from accessing the particular file by directing, based on the second metadata associated with the changed version of the particular file, the second query to the changed version of the particular file instead of the particular file.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing device of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

• determine a first metadata associated with a particular file and a second metadata associated with a changed version of the particular file;
• directing, based on the first metadata associated with the particular file, a first query for the particular file to a first file that is associated with the particular file;
• and
• preventing, by the processing device, a second query for the particular file from accessing the particular file by directing, based on the second metadata associated with the changed version of the particular file, the second query to the changed version of the particular file instead of the particular file.