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ilovejedd · 02-03-2018, 02:16 PM

Did something stupid with my library and instead of restoring metadata.db from my primary backup, I accidentally overwrote it with the bad metadata.db. I did a database restore (from opf, which thankfully hadn't updated yet).

The restored metadata.db is just 4MB while the original metadata.db was 20MB. A quick spot check seems to show the books and metadata are correct albeit by no means was the verification exhaustive. What could cause the disparity in file size and what information might be missing from the restored database?

02-03-2018, 02:16 PM	#1
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	Restored metadata.db and original metadata.db different sizes? Did something stupid with my library and instead of restoring metadata.db from my primary backup, I accidentally overwrote it with the bad metadata.db. I did a database restore (from opf, which thankfully hadn't updated yet). The restored metadata.db is just 4MB while the original metadata.db was 20MB. A quick spot check seems to show the books and metadata are correct albeit by no means was the verification exhaustive. What could cause the disparity in file size and what information might be missing from the restored database?