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Fraggel
Starting Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 29 November 2008 : 04:07:51
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By misstake I managed to Achive one area in my forum that wasnt suposed to be achived...
Can I undo it some how?< |
Stewe Lundin
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 04:15:02
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a quick search for unarchive should get you going  < |
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Fraggel
Starting Member
Sweden
31 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 04:39:52
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Thanks I was more after the general function of it, Im not to keed of mods...
It tends lower the security of the forum, found some interesting stuff in the DB so I think I can do it maunly but it vould be nice if some one else had done it before. :)< |
Stewe Lundin
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pwhitehurst
Starting Member
United Kingdom
18 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 05:59:27
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The archiving is in subroutine subArchiveStuff in admin_forum.asp
A simple one off if you don't wish to modify the code is
1. Lock the forum.
2. Download the forum database to your PC
Move all rows in
FORUM_A_TOPICS to FORUM_TOPICS
FORUM_A_REPLY TO FORUM_REPLY
You can do this in SQL via INSERT INTO ...SELECT FROM syntax for each table. Or if your database is Access just use cut and paste.
Delete the rows from FORUM_A_TOPICS AND FORUM_A_REPLY.
If you wish to filter by forum then look in FORUM_FORUM and find the FORUM_ID for the F_Description that matches the description of the forum you archived by mistake. Then apply a predicate on the stuff above with a WHERE FORUM_ID = ....
i.e. for Access
INSERT INTO FORUM_REPLY
SELECT
FROM FORUM_A_REPLY
WHERE FORUM_ID = 1 (Change the number to the one you require)
WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION;
INSERT INTO FORUM_TOPICS
SELECT
FROM FORUM_A_TOPICS
WHERE FORUM_ID = 1 (Change the number to the one you require)
WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION;
then
DELETE *
FROM FORUM_A_REPLY
WHERE FORUM_ID = 1 (Change the number to the one you require)
WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION;
DELETE *
FROM FORUM_A_TOPICS
WHERE FORUM_ID = 1 (Change the number to the one you require)
WITH OWNERACCESS OPTION;
Then load your database back to the server and unlock the forum.
Cheers
Phil
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Edited by - pwhitehurst on 29 November 2008 06:21:52 |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20595 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 06:05:24
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You can do this in SQL via INSERT INTO ...SELECT FROM syntax for each table.
sorry, but you can't simply do that at all because of the id fields, to reinstate the topics and replies is rather more complicated than that.
Fraggel, just install the mod (it should be fairly standalone so should have no adverse affect on the security of the forum whatsoever) do the unarchive and then remove the mod files from your forum.< |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 06:06:27
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Originally posted by pwhitehurst
The archiving is in subroutine subArchiveStuff in admin_forum.asp
A simple one off if you don't wish to modify the code is
1. Lock the forum.
2. Download the forum database to your PC
Move all rows in
FORUM_A_TOPICS to FORUM_TOPICS
FORUM_A_REPLY TO FORUM_REPLY
You can do this in SQL via INSERT INTO ...SELECT FROM syntax for each table. Or if your database is Access just use cut and paste.
Delete the rows from FORUM_A_TOPICS AND FORUM_A_REPLY.
If you wish to filter by forum then look in FORUM_FORUM and find the FORUM_ID for the F_Description that matches the description of the forum you archived by mistake. Then apply a predicate on the stuff above with a WHERE FORUM_ID = ....
Then load your database back to the server and unlock the forum.
Cheers
Phil
This will move the data but won't update the forum counts, which should also be done. Not very important, just a little bit.
Of course, HuwR is right regarding IDs. In SQL Server you could solve that, not in Access.< |
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pwhitehurst
Starting Member
United Kingdom
18 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 06:38:56
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Originally posted by HuwR
[quote]You can do this in SQL via INSERT INTO ...SELECT FROM syntax for each table. sorry, but you can't simply do that at all because of the id fields, to reinstate the topics and replies is rather more complicated than that.
The only field difference between the tables is T_ARCHIVE_FLAG on FORUM_TOPICS. That can easily enough be set to default to 0 on insert. The A_REPLY and REPLY tables have an exact match on the fields. If you mean the auto number format ID fields you could set them to plain number format whilst you did your update and then set them back. So I can't see why why it wouldn't work.
After all the archive tables are essentially the same structure as the main tables apart from the fields I mention. You don't change any of the fields on archiving. So moving the data back reinstates it. Then update the Forum counts if you wish.
Cheers
Phil< |
Edited by - pwhitehurst on 29 November 2008 06:45:50 |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
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pwhitehurst
Starting Member
United Kingdom
18 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 08:09:48
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Originally posted by ruirib
You can change a field from Autonumber to a another type but not the other way around, in Access.
Ah, that's a bit of a pain then isn't it! I normally work with other relational database types where that wouldn't be an issue.< |
Edited by - pwhitehurst on 29 November 2008 08:12:04 |
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ruirib
Snitz Forums Admin
Portugal
26364 Posts |
Posted - 29 November 2008 : 08:24:55
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There are ways around it, but if a field has data, Access won't let you change it to AutoNumber. That's why a mod is more useful.
Anyway, there SQL Server code in the archives here, to unarchive topics and I think the original poster is using SQL Server.< |
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