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I have a problem upgrading to civi 4.5.3 on a civi install on a Joomla platform with a separate database for civi data.

When I try to upgrade from civi 4.5.0 to 4.5.3 I find that the upgrade creates new civi data tables in the Joomla CMS database and rewrites my civicrm settings php  files to refer to the new tables. This gives the impression that all the data has been lost tillyou realise whats going on.

I also suspect that the database upgrade script that is run after the upgrade works on the empty civi tables in the CMS databases, and does not upgrade my actual civi database.

I guess I can combine the two databases before upgrade to fix this  but this is probably a bug that could be easily fixed by someone who knows how the Joomla upgrade process works?

Dave