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It's always a good thing to know how to backup a database.
It might be useful in other situations than when installing new builds of the TVserver.

ex. if you want to play around with some stuff in the tvsetup app. and you want to make sure that you can undo changes. Then it's a good idea.

I also mentioned previously that sometimes it's a bad idea to restore an "older" backup of the DB on a new build of the tvserver.
New fields might have been added to one or more tables. The scheme might have changed.

The worst thing that will happen is that you will get some weird errors.
In this case, you will have to let it erase/reset your database.

I did get some DB resets when doing a newer SVN install.
I was lazy, so I restored the DB, and the new SVN kept on working ever since.
I think sometimes the tvserver just resets the DB for no reason.
Otherwise why would my restore work ?

It's worth a shot I think.

/Gibman

<blockquote data-quote="gibman" data-source="post: 129626" data-attributes="member: 25430">It's always a good thing to know how to backup a database.It might be useful in other situations than when installing new builds of the TVserver.ex. if you want to play around with some stuff in the tvsetup app. and you want to make sure that you can undo changes. Then it's a good idea.I also mentioned previously that sometimes it's a bad idea to restore an &quot;older&quot; backup of the DB on a new build of the tvserver.New fields might have been added to one or more tables. The scheme might have changed.The worst thing that will happen is that you will get some weird errors.In this case, you will have to let it erase/reset your database.I did get some DB resets when doing a newer SVN install.I was lazy, so I restored the DB, and the new SVN kept on working ever since.I think sometimes the tvserver just resets the DB for no reason.Otherwise why would my restore work ?It's worth a shot I think./Gibman</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gibman, post: 129626, member: 25430"] It's always a good thing to know how to backup a database. It might be useful in other situations than when installing new builds of the TVserver. ex. if you want to play around with some stuff in the tvsetup app. and you want to make sure that you can undo changes. Then it's a good idea. I also mentioned previously that sometimes it's a bad idea to restore an "older" backup of the DB on a new build of the tvserver. New fields might have been added to one or more tables. The scheme might have changed. The worst thing that will happen is that you will get some weird errors. In this case, you will have to let it erase/reset your database. I did get some DB resets when doing a newer SVN install. I was lazy, so I restored the DB, and the new SVN kept on working ever since. I think sometimes the tvserver just resets the DB for no reason. Otherwise why would my restore work ? It's worth a shot I think. /Gibman [/QUOTE]