XF 2.1 deleted threads by mistake, how to restore?

[interforo]

Hi,
I have deleted threads from the first page of node xx by mistake.
How to restore them?

 

[Paul B]

If they were hard deleted, the only way to recover them is by restoring from a backup.

Any content made since the backup was taken will be lost.

 

[Neilski]

If they were hard deleted, the only way to recover them is by restoring from a backup.

Any content made since the backup was taken will be lost.

Finger trouble cost us a page of threads...
I guess it might be a bad idea to restore just a few threads and their posts from a database dump? (Perhaps the xf_post and xf_thread tables aren't the only ones which would need to be repopulated...)
Edit: damn, I just remembered attachments... (and I'm sure they're not the only thing I had been forgetting)

 

[TPerry]

I guess it might be a bad idea to restore just a few threads and their posts from a database dump?

No, it would be a horrible idea... there are a LOT of interactions that need to be updated in the DB for those posts...
If you have a VERY recent backup.. restore and lose all your recent stuff... otherwise, simply acknowledge that they are gone for good and use it as a learning lesson.

 

[Old Nick]

Finger trouble cost us a page of threads...

I don't know who got the finger shaking but just remove the hard delete option for your moderators. And if you too have a shaking finger delete the option for you too. And maybe create a unique account that you only use for hard deletion.

 

[Paul B]

This is why the hard delete permissions should only be granted to the original super admin account which should not be routinely used.

 

[Neilski]

Yeah, I think I'll be having a chat with the super admin with the finger trouble
Thanks for the feedback, folks