Re: ALTER TABLE - how to fix truncated data?

[Martijn Tonies]

Gleb,

> I don't think that it is possible to recover the data from the new
> table, because ALTER operation creates a new table and fills it with
> data (and truncates the data). But why did the system backup not help
> you? Could you describe the situation more in detail. If you haven't
> flushed you binary logs, you may want to make an attempt to recover the
> data from them.

As a sidenote - shouldn't MySQL raise an error when data gets truncated?

If the truncation happens silently, chances are you'll never find out until
someone does a report or whatever?!

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL, Oracle & MS SQL
Server
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com
Database development questions? Check the forum!
http://www.databasedevelopmentforum.com