That's a too bad experience. I host for other people as well, and my practice is to keep three of the copies I mentioned and restore them without any charge. But I DO advise people to make their own backups with mysql dumper for the databases http://www.mysqldumper.de/ and hardcopies on their own hard disk of the rest of the site.
At 06:19 PM 7/13/2009, you wrote: >Hi Henny Savenije, I think the practice differs from webhost to webhost. I >was once asked to pay US$28.75 to restore a backup (without guarantee) by my >previous webhost, Siteground. Apparently, they kept 2 daily backups at any >one time. The two backups turned out to be corrupted and yet, they said I >still have to pay. > >PM Poon > >On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Henny Savenije < >[email protected]> wrote: > > > On most cPanel servers the server makes a daily, weekly and monthly > > backup. If you're on a cpanel server ask them to replace first the > > daily copy and if that doesn't work the weekly and so on. > > > > > > At 04:52 PM 7/13/2009, you wrote: > > >Oh dear... guess you need to restore a copy of your database backup. The > > >webhost is not responsible, so there is practically nothing much you can > > say > > >to them. If you don't have a copy, check with them as fast as possible as > > >they may have a temporary backup which is replaced daily. If you wait too > > >long, they may have replaced their backup with the latest corrupted copy. > > > > > >PM Poon > > > > > >On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 2:50 PM, mihai <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an error on my own wiki http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro. The > > error > > > > appears in 2 cases > > > > http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Special:Lonelypagesand > > > > http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Special:Deadendpages. You can see > > the > > > > version of the soft used > > > > http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro/wiki/Special:Version > > > > . > > > > > > > > A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in > > the > > > > software. The last attempted database query was: > > > > > > > > (SQL query hidden) > > > > > > > > from within function "". MySQL returned error "1104: The SELECT would > > > > examine more than MAX_JOIN_SIZE rows; check your WHERE and use SET > > > > SQL_BIG_SELECTS=1 or SET SQL_MAX_JOIN_SIZE=# if the SELECT is okay > > > > (localhost)". > > > > > > > > > > > > My wiki is hosted and I don't know what to say to host in order to > > > > eliminate > > > > the error. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mihai > > > > http://enciclopediaromaniei.ro > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > >MediaWiki-l mailing list > > >[email protected] > > >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _ _ > > (o) (o) > > oOOO----(_)----OOOo--- > > Henny (Lee Hae Kang) > > ----------------------------- > > http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites > > http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free > > to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) > > http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean > > http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch > > http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen > > and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary > > http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea > > through Western Cartographic eyes > > http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon > > http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures > > http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan > > (1797) > > http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy > > http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _ _ (o) (o) oOOO----(_)----OOOo--- Henny (Lee Hae Kang) ----------------------------- http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr Portal to all my sites http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/indexk2.htm In Korean http://www.hendrick-hamel.henny-savenije.pe.kr/Dutch In Dutch http://www.vos.henny-savenije.pe.kr Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.cartography.henny-savenije.pe.kr (in English) Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.hwasong.henny-savenije.pe.kr Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.oldKorea.henny-savenije.pe.kr Old Korea in pictures http://www.british.henny-savenije.pe.kr A British encounter in Pusan (1797) http://www.genealogy.henny-savenije.pe.kr/ Genealogy http://www.henny-savenije.pe.kr/phorum Bulletin board for Korean studies _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
