Re: Restoring database question..

[Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 19:58:52 +0200,
  arsi(at)aranzo(dot)netg(dot)se wrote:
> 
> My question is as follows, is it possible to simply copy the data files
> to their correct location and getting access to the databases as they
> looked at the time of the hacking attempt?
> I should have the exact same setup before the hack as after, no version
> changes or anything.

If the database was running when the files were backed up, then just copying
them over is very unlikely to work.

> Or do I simply have to count my losses and restore from an old backup??

This is probably your best option.