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HOLY !@#!. Database lost after upgrade

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    I just did the "UPGRADE" from 2.1 to 2.2 and the wonderful upgrade software DESTROYED EVERY BIT OF DATA I HAD!!!

It flushed everything,  it install the "Default" new database and all my data I had is gone!!

MY one time I don't do a backup and "TRUST" the software to work, is when it backfires and destroyes everything!!!

I'm sure I selected upgrade checkbox.  But it sure looks like I didn't do that at all and it installed the new database. 

Is there a backup? Or does it do a "Delete " and its all gone?

philcaetano
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philcaetano
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Unfortunately, there is no backup. If it recreated the database then the old data will be lost.

If you did check the upgrade box, it should not have erased the data. Could it be that you are looking at a different database?


Saar Cohen
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No..  I know that I'm not looking at the wrong one... 

Either I screwed up, or there a bug.  (Has a dev.  I'll go with human error ) :'(

I was just hoping it would do a backup...

Typical, the one time you don't do the backup is the one time stuff goes bad.

Thanks.


philcaetano
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This probably doesn't need to be said, but I would say it is standard procedure to perform a manual backup of both the filesystem and the DB 100% of the time before performing an upgrade.  Like you, this is something I have learned, and who's neccessity can only be learned, the hard way.

I have also learned, the hard way, to configure automated daily backups on the sql server whenever I create a new DB.


rleitch
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