Database accidently deleted help needed

[Kindred]

I disagree. Emanuele went to a fair amount of trouble to actually fix it... and then got reamed by some complainers...  so he took it out.

[Sir Osis of Liver]

... and then got reamed by some complainers... 

That's a bit harsh.  IIRC, some questions were raised as to whether the fix adequately addressed the backup problems, and ema ran out of patience after having put much work into it, and spiked it.

A reliable backup utility would be a very valuable feature, but having had similar problems recently on a couple of hosts with phpmyadmin dumps, I'm wondering if it's even possible.

[Arantor]

Given the way things were previously, that's an absolutely fair description of what happened.

[Johnboy1974]

Well guys I'm still waiting, two days now and still the forums down.
I've asked them to restore from 24 hours before I made my fatal error so hopefully everything will be alright as I think I've paid enough money for the service.

[Angelina Belle]

Were you able to get your SQL database working again?

[Johnboy1974]

Yes guys I got my database restored and everything up and running. Best of all they had a backup from 6 hours previous to my fatal error. I guess the money was worth it in the end.
I've now made a complete backup of the forum files and database, which I will do once a month.

[Angelina Belle]

I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end, and that you have a plan in place to protect your forum in the future.  You won't regret it!