BenD Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Help anyone I've deleted my whole build thread by accident. Is it possible to restore it @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - WSCC AO Rep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Will have a look, but in the pub right now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 OK mate No problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Ben It looks very much like the old forum software had an "undelete" function, but the new one does not. From what I have read, it seems the developers thought it was confusing to have so many "states" of deletion, so replaced it with a big fek-off warning (which I assume you accidentally ignored). The only option I can think of right now (unless anyone else knows better @Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - WSCC AO Rep ?) is to try and get the database restored from a backup, then run a sql query to select the old thread and then figure out how to insert it back in again. This may take a little time. I'll try and find an easier route, but if not, then when I get some spare time, I'll look at getting the thread back from the dead for you. Cheers Chris 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I looked as well and couldn't find it. As Chris says, the old forum had a recovery option for moderators, but the new one doesn't. I'm sure Chris will do his best, but a sad and important lesson for everyone - it would seem delete means delete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted March 29, 2017 Author Share Posted March 29, 2017 I don't remember seeing a delete warning. I was only trying to delete a double post lol. Don't worry too much about it my cars built now anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 2 minutes ago, bunje said: I don't remember seeing a delete warning. I was only trying to delete a double post lol. Don't worry too much about it my cars built now anyway Funny - but deleting a double post and then finding you deleted more was a complaint I came across when looking into how to un-delete! The data will be backed up - restoring it (without everything else at the same time) is the tricky bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Don't worry too much Chris I'll just have to clog someone else's build thread up with my nonsense lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Haha - no worries Ben. It will be handy for me to understand the process, so when I get time, I'll look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO Hi Chris I know your busy mate. I just wondered if youd had any luck with restoring my build thread. I'm having withdrawals with no where to post my nonsense without starting a new thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Hi Ben not had a chance yet. Can you remind me tomorrow daytime and I'll look when at work as that's when I can access the database. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 Yep no problem mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 @bunje I managed to find over 1000 posts from the start up to mid October 2016 (last time we 'cloned' the entire database) and have imported them into the live forum database. This was the most straightforward option, so figured it was better than nothing! However, they probably won't appear (in the searches) until the forum is properly "indexed" - and this is something that can take literally days to do - AND it means that searches for everyone can go a bit iffy until the indexing is complete. So, despite the fact that generally, the indexing appears to go smoothly and isn't picked up by most of us, I'd like to do this when we next do a software patch on the Forum - which is usually around once a month (last one was about a week ago) as the re-indexing will then happen for a site-wide "admin" reason. I'll see if I can recover the posts from October '16 onwards but can't promise as they are buried in the system backups - and to access just your posts, I'd need to have a separate copy of the recovered database - which means creating a virtual machine for it - and... well, I'll not bore you! [EDIT] - seems odd to me that the thread isn't showing if you type it in manually - so looking into that now- the indexing should really only affect searches... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 AHA! - @bunje it's back! Thought it seemed odd that I'd need to re-index the forum. So, while it might not appear in searches until the index is rebuilt - at least you have the majority of the thread back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenD Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 thats great thanks @Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO only a few posts missing from there but the bulk of it is there now i have somewhere i can put all my drivvel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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