Arrgh!! I accidentally deleted all of the topics in one of my forums that dated back to 2006!!
I contacted my webhost and they said they have backups of my files but it will cost $150 to get it done. Is this normal? This seems pretty expensive to me just to get back the latest version of my access database file. Does anyone have any other solutions?
I have downloaded my access database to my computer. However, I have no idea what to do to get the topics back, if that is even possible at this point.
P.S.: Found a program that claims to recover the delete tables. It's not cheap at all, but I guess you can always evaluate it for free and see if it's worth your money:
I have my forum shut down while I am attempting to get the database fixed. However, it keeps starting back up on its own every 5 or 6 hours or so. Why would it keep doing that? Shoudn't it stay shut down until I decide to start it back up?
The closed state is kept in an app var and it's possible it gets reset. If you add something like this near the bottom of your config.asp, it will be kept closed until you change it again:
Application(strCookieURL & "down") = true
Application(strCookieURL & "DownMessage") = "The forum will be down for a few hours for a major database upgrade. " & _
"Thank you for your patience." & VbNewLine & VbNewlIne
Well just to update my situation, I ended up paying my web-host the$150.00 to put my database back to an earlier state. They keep the files automatically backed up for the previous 30 days. My forum is now back the way it should be.
I have learned my lesson the hard way and hope to remind others to periodically back up their database so nothing like this happens to them.
Thank you to everyone who tried to help, especially Carefree who tried with his special software. You guys are great!
Posted - 23 April 2013 : 14:35:24
