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ann
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  09:54:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
So I accidently updated a bunch of records that I should not have....

Other than a backup, is there anyway I can get back the old data, as in transaction log?

mcrowley
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  11:43:56  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you can try to use Lumigent's Log Explorer, but the database would need to be in FULl recovery mode. Otherwise, the log entries are long gone.
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GilaMonster
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South Africa
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  12:13:30  Show Profile  Visit GilaMonster's Homepage  Reply with Quote
And you would need to use the log explorer before the next transaction log backup.

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X002548
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  17:00:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
What's wrong with a backup?

Just Restore it to a different db name on the same server

DONE



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GilaMonster
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  17:07:21  Show Profile  Visit GilaMonster's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by X002548

What's wrong with a backup?


Nothing, if you have one....

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Gail Shaw
SQL Server MVP
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ann
Posting Yak Master

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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  18:20:03  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Right - the "oops" happened after a backup was done
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tkizer
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Posted - 09/30/2009 :  18:45:45  Show Profile  Visit tkizer's Homepage  Reply with Quote
If you use either FULL or BULK_LOGGED recovery, you can recover the data by doing a point in time restore via RESTORE DATABASE and RESTORE LOG.

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