Between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day my entire journal disappeared. Each time I attempted to load the page I got this message<\/p>\n

\nError establishing a database connection! This probably means that the connection information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect. Double check it and try again.<\/p>\n

Are you sure you have the correct user\/password?
\nAre you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?
\nAre you sure that the database server is running?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I contacted my host who informed me that I don’t have a database! Now, I don’t claim to know everything about computers but I do know this – when I installed my journal they provided me with a database and the only way I can no longer have a database is if they got rid of it.<\/p>\n

I emailed them asking a lot of questions. In the meantime I used Google’s cached links <\/a>to retrieve my journal and began cut and pasting all 130 entries into Word. The plan was to find a new host and re-enter my entire journal. <\/p>\n

Before any one shouts Back-Up; I must admit I had not backed up my journal (hence the cut and paste!) however even if I had it would have been pointless. A backed up version of my journal would have to be restored onto the database and seeing as the database had vanished the back up would have been of no use.<\/p>\n

Anyway looks like everything is back to normal plus I have a backed up version as well as every entry on Word, in date order!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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