I do a bit of Perl/Python/PHP too but Databases are my thing, i work with them 24/7

Well done to Dave and everyone else for getting it going again, i know how demoralising it can be when you realise the DB has been obliterated.

Redbull

Ah well in the words of Jake Blues from the Blues Brothers... "I guess your really up shit creek then!"

Well i will be happy to help if i can, i work as a DBA. All i know is the whoops forum does daily/weekly/monthly backups automagically and most are setup to do this Now as you replaced it last night the nightly backup will be no good, but the weekly one will be from sunday night, so only slightly ou...

Yeah!

Well that was one way to 'prune' the old posts lol

What happened? Also did you check if there is a shceduled backup? some forums are setup to perform a backup each night.... although it may have been overwritten now....

Redbull