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== Using a Database Interface (Requires Access to the Database, e.g. phpMyAdmin for MySQL) ==
Log into your database using phpMyAdmin.  You will need the database username and password - you will have these from when you created the database. (If you do not have the username and password available you can retrieve them from the Joomla! website's configuration.php file - using the $user and $password variables to login.)

When you are connected to the database  - look at the name of every table of the website.  It will begin with a group of letters and the underscore symbol ('_').  These letters and the underscore is the database prefix for your website.  An example prefix looks like this: 'jos_'.

If you have several databases make sure you connect to the database for your Joomla! website - you will find the name in the configuration.php file in the $db variable.

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