Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

2011-04-28 Thread John Carmonne
On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Apr 26, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Albert Carter wrote: I agree this is a great tale and awesome and useful information. I'm not nitpicking here but wouldn't it have been quicker and easier to just restore from backup? Yes it would have

A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

2011-04-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
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Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

2011-04-26 Thread Albert Carter
I agree this is a great tale and awesome and useful information. I'm not nitpicking here but wouldn't it have been quicker and easier to just restore from backup? Albert From: Jim Scott jesco...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April

Re: A couple of useful hints and a tale of my day...

2011-04-26 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Apr 26, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Albert Carter wrote: I agree this is a great tale and awesome and useful information. I'm not nitpicking here but wouldn't it have been quicker and easier to just restore from backup? Yes it would have been, had there been backups to restore from... His