Enterprise Manager is a microsoft application for managing SQL Server very nice to have and it's complmentry program Query Builder if you need to write SQL scripts and check performance.

You shouldn't need to reinstall the Forums module and it wouldn't help you. You would just be in the same spot I think.  If you can look at a post in the table and trace that post to a forums user then trace the post to a thread and the thread to a group and the group to a modulid and that moduleID exists on the page where your forums are located it "should" work.

There is lots of help here... we are all here to help out of our own generosity and anyone seeing this can clearly see that you are sincere and needing help.  I would ask, however, given the level of technical knowledge that you are showing, why you are the one responsible to your BOD for restoring what amounts to a "system crash" initiated by your host?  I assure you, you will get help here... but you definitely need to stand up for yourself with your BOD, give honest status regarding the issue and don't make promises that you cannot keep.  You are working hard to resolve the issue, and folks here will help you.

They are all hanging out in the forums specifically setup for the development & enhancement of this module... You can find them located farther down on the main forum page, or by looking into the Project are for this module located here: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Default.aspx?tabid=820

Before getting too cranky about why they're not here helping you... consider that finding them on this site is not terribly difficult.  I would go in with a fresh attitude, you get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

It is generally good advice not to throw stones in a glass house.  Any of the folks you will be seeking advice from ( once you get to the right place ) are most definitely not responsible for what you experienced with your host.  I bet that if you were to be courteous, you might even get someone to volunteer to look at your DB and sort it our for you.  It would not be the first time folks have gone that far out of their way to help someone when they needed it.

Dude, after the previous rant ( and we understand that you're frantic ) that sounds very hollow.  When you post about this in the proper forum, just pretend this thread does not exist and start over.  You're working with some of the most giving and generous developers in cyberspace... but they do deserve a little courtesy and respect.

Cheers.  And good luck.

Scott Willhite, Co-Founder DNN