(08-13-2012 05:04 PM)Wendi Lavendel Wrote: Just because a practice or technique is not a best practice or standard technique doesn't mean that it's not done by people in the industry with the best of intentions LOL Trust me, I've seen a lot of that in my years, and a lot of them were excellent designers and developers just trying to solve a problem quickly. 
Anyway, I'm just going by what I was told by a KC authority when I asked about it: that they are removed from the database and that it isn't possible to retrieve them. Some kind of history is obviously still there, hence the pedigree info but enough of the cat's record/info is gone such that retrieval isn't possible in their eyes. I wondered if it would be possible to use this last bit of info to reconstruct the records necessary but obviously they must permanently remove enough data that it isn't, or they wouldn't have claimed it as not possible.
I agree and I heard something similar to what you said eventhough the tech part of servers and my understanding of it is like how well my Manderin Chinese is LOL
But I have to say fair enough as for them not being able to retreive menageried kitties.
I still hope maybe somehow, some way, some day ...
In the future ...
It is on my wish list and it can't hurt to dream and hope I think
