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Here and there, we run a check on all of our staff machines to check if everything is either in CVS (did it take work to do? Goes to CVS) or in our backup server (copy there, and overnight it is tape backuped).
Reecently, we found that the most valuable asset that would be lost is the pr0n collection from a guy here... 
ORACLE One Real A$#h%le Called Lary Ellison
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I had a customer for whom I've written a MSSQL/.NET app for.
The IT guy called to say they were getting some funny errors. When I checked it out, every table I came to seemed to be empty!
While I was trying to work it out, the IT guy called back and said, I think I may have deleted the database. Somehow he had dropped every table in the database!
Good news was they were using the full recovery model. I had to back up the transaction log, restore last nights backup then restore the transaction log to a point in time 1 minute before the tables were dropped. Miraculously it worked!
Needless to say he was rather pleased!!!
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Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this?
Regards,
Brian Dela
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I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school 
cheers,
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote:
I'm not sure I should tell tales out of school
 ... Pity..
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Brian Delahunty wrote:
Do what exactly did Dave do that inspired this?
Well, i have no first- or second-hand knowledge of this situation, nor am i terribly familiar with David's behavior. However, i think we can reconstruct a reasonable idea of what happened based on what little is known.
Facts:
- Dave is Canadian.
- Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software.
- John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man.
With these truths in mind, i propose the following occured:
Dave, arms full of Dundas Software Backups and Labat Blue, was driving (his dogsled) home from the office. Suddenly, a pack of wild wolves attacked, hungry for beer and customizable software components. The wolves quickly devoured Dave's trusty dogsled team, and all seemed as if it would be lost. But thinking quickly, David fashioned a life-sided John Candy figure out of snow and gravel and the lock of John's hair all True Canuks carry with them at all times. While the wolves dulled their teeth on the enormous statue, Dave was able to sneak away, and make for the shelter of the local RCMP. Though badly bitten by Wolf and Frost, David was thus able to save the precious Software.
Sounds plausible, don't it?
Shog9
drifting along
with the tumbling tumbleweeds...
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Shog9 wrote:
Sounds plausible, don't it?
Absolutely
Ryan
Being little and getting pushed around by big guys all my life I guess I compensate by pushing electrons and holes around. What a bully I am, but I do enjoy making subatomic particles hop at my bidding - Roger Wright (2nd April 2003, The Lounge)
Punctuality is only a virtue for those who aren't smart enough to think of good excuses for being late - John Nichol "Point Of Impact"
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ROTFLMAO... Nice one Josh 
Regards,
Brian Dela
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Shog9 wrote:
Facts:
Dave is Canadian.
Dave is a Big Man at Dundas Software.
John Candy was also Canadian, and also was a Big Man.
Matt Newman
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You sir are a very bad man. 
David
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If somehow a Martian could be fitted somewhere,this could be real news!
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If only his name was Doug.
We could probably do a ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) and :doug: skit. Hoser's of the world stand up and raise your beer and donuts.
Chris Meech
"what makes CP different is the people and sense of community, things people will only discover if they join up and join in." Christian Graus Nov 14, 2002.
"And when you need to hire a programmer to do mostly VB programming, it's not good enough to hire a VB programmer, because they will get completely stuck in tar every time the VB abstraction leaks." Joel on Software Nov 11, 2002.
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Chris Meech wrote:
beer and donuts.
The Breakfast of Champions!
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long
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All my important (work) data is on a Unix based CVS server which is backed up nightly with copies of the tapes being stored off-site. I have one current project which has yet to be added to the Unix repository (I use a local CVS repository) which I FTP to a backup folder on our Unix box when I am in the office. Ditto for my email messages (I have mailboxes going back to 1997 for some reason). Hence, if my laptop goes titsup.com then I might lose a few hours work at most. Thnaks to the joys of ADSL/VPN, even when at home I make sure I copy my local CVS store to a central server just in case my laptop gets dropped/stolen. I would spend more time re-installing my local apps (Visual Studio, etc.) then I would recovering lost code.
My biggest worry would be losing all my MP3s! I am considering investing in a portable backup drive for this reason (my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!).
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
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The client software is the Cisco Systems VPN Client. Seems to work a treat (I have one of those code-generator key fobs which I use via a PIN to obtain the password).
When I am king, you will be first against the wall.
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Indeed... CVS is Just Done Right. No odd database dependencies, no weird formats, zero data corruption. Want to back up the repository? tar/gzip (or winzip, depending on your platform).
Tim Lesher <tim@lesher.ws>
www.lesher.ws
WinDev: the Windows Developers' Mailing List
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Robert Edward Caldecott wrote:
my boss wouldn't be too pleased if I uploaded 10GB of MP3s onto one of our central servers!).
I can't imagine why
Matt Newman
Post best viewed with lynx
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My data's lost? AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
Oddly enough, this happened to me recently, after i accidentally left out a check for an empty path in a recursive delete routine. Those lost were small among the ranks of files, but will be missed just the same.
Shog9
drifting along
with the tumbling tumbleweeds...
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There we go. It's proven once again.
Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together.
Cheers,
Simon
"I ask candidates to create an object model of a chicken.", Bruce Eckel on interviewing programmers.
animation mechanics in SVG (my first abstract photo)
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SimonS wrote:
Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together.
ROFLMAO! It's in my sig now
"Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together"
SimonS, CPian
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And you weren't kidding!
Sweet! 
SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too. Much better than SimonS, MBE or SimonS, Esq.
Cheers,
Simon
"Don't try to be like Jackie. There is only one Jackie.... Study computers instead.", Jackie Chan on career choices.
animation mechanics in SVG (my first abstract photo)
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SimonS wrote:
And you weren't kidding!
SimonS wrote:
SimonS, CPian <--- I should use that as my email name too.
Well, that's why I used this name in the sig. So I don't need to change it again
cu
Max
"Recursion and delete commands are not meant to be used together"
SimonS, CPian
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One of my most useful, and most dangerous, utilities is aptly named Nuke. Some years ago I added a check so it will no longer operate from the root of a drive. We learn from our mistakes.
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My first experience with Nuke was 1 week into this job, when I wiped out the C: drive.
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