abcxyz Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I lost an order after I restored a back up and I am looking for the e-mail and/or payment information so I can process the order. I have their mailing address but no e-mail or payment info. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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germ Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 If the data is not in your DB now or in one of the backups, it's lost - forever... :( If you have their mailing address send them a letter with an explanation. Not much else you can do. If I suggest you edit any file(s) make a backup first - I'm not perfect and neither are you. "Given enough impetus a parallelogramatically shaped projectile can egress a circular orifice." - Me - "Headers already sent" - The definitive help "Cannot redeclare ..." - How to find/fix it SSL Implementation Help Like this post? "Like" it again over there > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcxyz Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 If the data is not in your DB now or in one of the backups, it's lost - forever... :( If you have their mailing address send them a letter with an explanation. Not much else you can do. How do I found out if it's in a backup without doing a restore? Any possible way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germ Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 The only format I've used to backup the DB is SQL format. You can open the SQL file with Wordpad (it's just a text file). Previous orders appear in there on lines starting like this: insert into orders (orders_id, customers_id, customers_name, customers_company, blah blah blah (The rest of the line has the info you need). If I suggest you edit any file(s) make a backup first - I'm not perfect and neither are you. "Given enough impetus a parallelogramatically shaped projectile can egress a circular orifice." - Me - "Headers already sent" - The definitive help "Cannot redeclare ..." - How to find/fix it SSL Implementation Help Like this post? "Like" it again over there > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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