If I build a DNN site for a business that starts using it to enter data into a database , say though a forms module,  how can I be absolutely sure that they don't lose all of this data? 

Thanks
Steve

Well, yes.  I need to back up the database.  But since it's hosted somewhere else I can't physically do  that. I was really asking if something might have been built into DNN that would make backup easier, perhaps trigger a backup at the server and place it in some folder that I could download to have a local copy.

Steve,

You need to take teh DB backup before you start. yes, you need to ask your client to give the control of DB.

Thanks,

Debendra Nandi
Mindfire Solutions, India
www.mindfiresolutions.com