I need a quick answer to a question to assist me pinpointing the root cause of a problem. I recently lost several WSS sites along with a content source in some undocumented updates. Fortunately, we are still in test mode but the root for the issue is still a mystery and I can rebuild most of these sites with little discomfort.

Several moths ago I enabled "Advanced Search Administration Mode) under site settings. It has since reverted back to the default making it necessary to enable.

What database controls this and what would one have to touch in order to reset this and delete a handful of WSS team sites?