Hans Voss wrote:
In that case, just for curiosity sake, would it be even possible to write a script that undoes all the compression? (Not that I'm going to try mind you, but I'm just wondering as to the extend of the damage to the database).
It's certainly possible to undo a legitimate, working compression. :)
I'm not totally sure about the broken stuff, though. It might be possible, or it might not be.
Things to check: * What the consequences of attempting to look at the old table might be * What the consequences of mixing up revision IDs (rev_id) and text IDs (old_id) might be
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