How to revert a updated databse field to the old data values in mssql 2008R2

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I would like to know is there any option in mssql 2008 R2 to rollback or revert to previous Data values .

For Example I have a Table named Employee and a field 'EmployeeName'.I have 200 rows of data which contains several names . I mistakenly updated all the field values 'EmployeeName = 'Abc'.So the data in whole 200 rows is now set as 'Abc' .But i need the data which was stored earlier.
I googled and was not able to find the apt method.

Thanks in Advance

Thank you
Rizwan

Posted 14-Jul-14 20:09pm

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-07-14T20:55:00

Nope. No standard "oops" methods to undo mistakes - that is what Transactions are there for.
The best solution is to reload from your last backup - you do backups, don't you? - and then re-enter any changes. If you don't have a backup, then it gets horribly complicated and will depend on the logging level your DB uses - and it'll probably cost you money: Google[^]

If this is your development database then it's not going to be a problem: just recreate it. If it's your production DB though, you need to talk to your boss quickly, because you may have a major problem and he will find out. It's better if you bring it to his attention ASAP so the actual damage can be minimised.