XF 1.1 Restore database

[Sheratan]

So I was successfully upgrading my board clone to 1.2 in localhost. But then I was running some trouble. But it was gone right now.

And because of that, I was wondering. I have 2 database. Main and backup. The difference between them is, the backup missing 1 thread. Just 1. So I'm thinking, how to put this missing thread from backup database into the main database?

 

[Paul B]

You can't, there are too many tables involved.

Just create the thread again, or get the original author to post it again.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Are you saying there's no way whatever to restore several mistakenly deleted threads from a recent backup? There are far too many individual messages to even hope to have them redone. Once something is deleted, is it history or can it be otherwise restored?

 

[Paul B]

It's possible but would require lots of associated tables to be manually updated.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

Doesn't sound so promising.

 

[Gene Steinberg]

One more thing: Is that all copy and paste or what?

 

[Gene Steinberg]

This sounds like something that would be ideal for an add-on developer to automate. Or something to add to a future version of XF, so threads or forums that have been deleted — or disappeared — for any reason, can be easily recovered from a backup.