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Mandatory information about my setup:

Have I read the related troubleshooter articles above before posting (which pages?)? Yes
Have I searched the tickets before posting? Yes (a little)
Have I read the documentation before posting (which pages?)? Yup
Joomla! version: (unknown) 2.5.9, etc.
PHP version: (unknown) 5.3 something
MySQL version: (unknown) 5.1 something
Host: (optional, but it helps us help you) CPanel
Akeeba Backup version which took the backup: (unknown)
Kickstart version used to extract the backup: (unknown)

Description of my issue:

I have one installation with an optional component called "CiviCRM". That component installs tables with a different prefix. It's not possible to get them to change their code, and I've never found something that can replace their functionality, so I have to use it.

The restore scripts used to have an option to drop all tables before restoring, but the current script seems to say that it will only drop tables for the given prefix.

I'm requesting an option to drop all tables. In most cases, I have access to phpMyAdmin and can do this myself, but that's not always the case, and it's certainly not an option if I (or another support tech) do the restore from within Joomla.

I thought about asking for another option, where I could put in a comma delimited list of extensions to drop. For me, at this time, just a single prefix and/or "all" options would suffice. I could see it being helpful if someone is running multiple Joomla sites from the same database, but I don't do that myself.

Thanks.

I don't see how it's any more dangerous than the fact that you're going to completely wipe out a website with a backup. I'm not advocating that it be the default, and perhaps it's only in the documentation on how to do it. (That would make it "unavailable to 9-% of the users - haha).

Thanks for the link to Adminer. I'll see if I can get it installed on my host and do some testing.