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Re:I Accidentally Deleted All Our Data by matc on Friday November 18, 2011 @06:20PM (#3253963)
There is no efficient safety interlock system when modifying data.

Even if confident your test passed, what happens when you later realize it hadn't, and at what cost?

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Re:I Accidentally Deleted All Our Data by kelnos on Monday November 21, 2011 @07:21PM (#3263438)
No one said it'll work 100% of the time. But it most likely would have saved the OP a lot of pain. Just because something isn't a perfect solution, it doesn't mean it's not worth doing.
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