[Forum] Recover hard deleted attachments in soft deleted threads?

[Matt C]

Hello there,

There were some threads that were soft deleted from my forum and I undeleted them but the attachments remained deleted. Is there any way to retrieve the attachments?

[Dustin L.]

Not that I know of. I think you'll just have to ask the OPs to re-attach the files.

Sorry!



Dustin

[Matt C]

Not that I know of. I think you'll just have to ask the OPs to re-attach the files.

Sorry!



Dustin

Thanks Dustin. Do you know if I can recover an attachment if I have its exact location available? This is one of them:

http://forum.bodybuildingpro.com/att...1&d=1332875838

[Dustin L.]

I don't believe so. Unused attachments are deleted from the server after an hour if I remember correctly. However, this is not something I am 100% sure on as I rarely use attachments.



Dustin

[Andy]

What version vB you running?

Are attachments stored in the database or file system?

Do you have any backups?

[Matt C]

I don't believe so. Unused attachments are deleted from the server after an hour if I remember correctly. However, this is not something I am 100% sure on as I rarely use attachments.



Dustin

Thanks again.

What version vB you running?

Are attachments stored in the database or file system?

Do you have any backups?

V. 4.1.4. I will check on backups.

How can I give any of my moderators permission to delete threads if attachments are hard-deleted? I think that defeats the purpose of restricted mod privileges.

[Merjawy]

Chance you won't be able to recover them unless you have a backup that you can restore to another db temp and recover the attachments.

As for giving permission to hard delete, I wouldn't give that to anyone
But you can modify the code and make the Keep Attachments box chekced by default, that way your mods won't forget to check the box.. if they manualy uncheck the box then it's best to shoot them

You can also hide the box if you choose to, but I wouldn't do that

Templates to modify the code in:

threadadmin_deleteposts
threadadmin_deletethread
threadadmin_deletethreads

Look for this code:

type="checkbox" name="keepattachments" value="1" id="cb_keepattachments" tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase keep_attachments} 

Replace it with this code:

 <input type="checkbox" name="keepattachments" value="1" id="cb_keepattachments" {vb:raw checked.delete} tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase keep_attachments} 

[Matt C]

Chance you won't be able to recover them unless you have a backup that you can restore to another db temp and recover the attachments.

As for giving permission to hard delete, I wouldn't give that to anyone
But you can modify the code and make the Keep Attachments box chekced by default, that way your mods won't forget to check the box.. if they manualy uncheck the box then it's best to shoot them

You can also hide the box if you choose to, but I wouldn't do that

Templates to modify the code in:

threadadmin_deleteposts
threadadmin_deletethread
threadadmin_deletethreads

Look for this code:

type="checkbox" name="keepattachments" value="1" id="cb_keepattachments" tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase keep_attachments} 

Replace it with this code:

 <input type="checkbox" name="keepattachments" value="1" id="cb_keepattachments" {vb:raw checked.delete} tabindex="1" /> {vb:rawphrase keep_attachments} 

This will be a big help for the future. Thanks! Since I have some very popular photo threads on my forum I may just have to not allow any moderators. I can't take the chance.

Is there a reason why VB allows attachments to get hard-deleted? That defeats the purpose of restricted moderator privileges.

[Merjawy]

You're welcome

Is there a reason why VB allows attachments to get hard-deleted? That defeats the purpose of restricted moderator privileges.

I agree with you on that one...

[Matt C]

I agree with you on that one...

I'm happy someone else understands. It seems rather intuitive to me that restricted privileges would be restricted. Perhaps there is a technical reason for this.

[Abdulla Ashoor]

I don't know what your current status with deleted thread, but whenever you try to delete a thread using moderation tools you have the option to 'Keep Attachments'. If you did not tick that box, you definitely will lose them. Possible retrieve with a backup.

[Andy]

This will be a big help for the future. Thanks! Since I have some very popular photo threads on my forum I may just have to not allow any moderators. I can't take the chance.

I'm sure you can remove the check box altogether and and have it be checked by default.

Is there a reason why VB allows attachments to get hard-deleted? That defeats the purpose of restricted moderator privileges.

The default should be no checkbox and always keep attachments.