Is this the first time you have seen corruption in a MySQL DB?
Aaand, there ya go. Which makes no sense to non-techie types.
Is this the first time you have seen corruption in a MySQL DB?
I blame sun for taking over MySQL, I know, your installed version probably predates sun taking over, but it is still funny to joke about!
MySQL, especially in a shared hosting environment, tends to flip out ninja-style. One can only prepare and hope for the best.
The nerd within rejoices much!!yea but lookly i do nightly backups of the database, didn't need it in this case
Does that mean they can read everythingIts not really that hard to understand.
The database holds all our posts, pms, other relevant information and depending on the board, various other things.
The DB is what the forum software makes calls to get information and to add stuff or remove stuff from the board. it is also called, so the forum can display information to the user.
When a part or the whole is corrupted it needs to be repaired to work correctly. And the forum must use the database so that is why the forum wasn't up.
I hope that made some sense.
MysQL just sucks lets be honest.lol