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Originally Posted by Videx

You better get used to making regular db backups. I use a script that saves mine daily and another script to download it to my local hard drive. Monthly I do complete site backups using cpanel and download those locally also.

Realistically, you aren't going to want to restore old tables after an upgrade, which is the harder part compared to backing them up.

Thanks Videx. I have an automated script running on my server that makes daily database backups for me. My hosting company help me set it up. So far I've not had a failure so I've never needed to do a restore. So I assume those tables are in my backup. I thought maybe it'd be easier to back up just the banner tables in case something goes wrong with my upgrade. Sadly, I have little knowledge of database related things.