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June 24, 2009 10:25 AM :: A conversation between a young and an old programmer.
posted by brad to programming
(11:00 AM) Young Programmer: I'm going to run this script on a table to update a bunch of values.
(11:00 AM) Old Programmer: What's your back up process?
(11:01 AM) Young Programmer: uuuuuh
(11:01 AM) Old Programmer: you want to make a backup of the table you are going to update in case something goes wrong.
(11:02 AM) Young Programmer: ok
(11:10 AM) Young Programmer: I did that, i'm going to run the script now.
(11:10 AM) Old Programmer: ok go ahead.
(11:11 AM) Young Programmer: What would be the best way to restore a table from a backup?
(11:11 AM) Old Programmer: aren't backups sweet.
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