XF 2.2 Restore backup over existing database

[xml]

On my testing I restored a backup over existing database, and it seems everything is working fine. is there any difference or risk for restoring over existing database than empty database?

 

[Mr Lucky]

On my testing I restored a backup over existing database, and it seems everything is working fine. is there any difference or risk for restoring over existing database than empty database?

Is this using phpmyadmin? I always drop tables first. I didn't used to and did have a couple of issues but never been able to ascertain to was due to restroring over existing tables.

To be on the safe side I just drop all existing tables first, there is nothing to be lost IMO.

 

[xml]

Is this using phpmyadmin? I always drop tables first. I didn't used to and did have a couple of issues but never been able to ascertain to was due to restroring over existing tables.

To be on the safe side I just drop all existing tables first, there is nothing to be lost IMO.

I run it by command line ,
mysql -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD DBNAME < backup.sql

On Xenforo2.2.12 and Mariadb10.6

 

[ekool]

No, there is no risk. It's fine.