Thanks for the reply. also adding another link to this thread about same question: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49934312/how-your-data-is-safe-in-hyperledger-fabric-when-one-can-make-changes-to-couchdb

How do we rebuild the state database? we tried to drop the database (mychannel_test) (screenshot below)
https://imagebin.ca/v/52UG2V44kOFz
and restart the network but that does not rebuild the database. It is completely lost.