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+-- Purge legacy single-remote storage columns from installs where they are still present.
+--
+-- Background: 02.52.25.sql originally used `DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS`, which is a
+-- MariaDB-only extension and errors on Oracle MySQL 8.x. On MySQL 8 installs the
+-- migration failed but Joomla still recorded the schema as applied, leaving all 26
+-- legacy remote_storage/ftp_*/sftp_*/gdrive_*/s3_* columns stranded on the profiles
+-- table. This migration removes them portably.
+--
+-- It must be safe on BOTH engines AND on installs where the columns are already gone
+-- (MariaDB, or anyone who ran the corrected 02.52.25). Plain `DROP COLUMN` errors when
+-- a column is absent, and `DROP COLUMN IF EXISTS` errors on MySQL 8 — so neither works
+-- unconditionally. We gate the drop on INFORMATION_SCHEMA and build the ALTER via a
+-- prepared statement, which runs on MySQL 8 and MariaDB alike. All 26 columns were
+-- created and dropped together, so the presence of `remote_storage` gates the whole set.
+-- When the columns are absent this is a no-op (`DO 0`).
+
+SET @moko_has_legacy_remote := (
+    SELECT COUNT(*)
+    FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
+    WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = DATABASE()
+      AND TABLE_NAME = '#__mokosuitebackup_profiles'
+      AND COLUMN_NAME = 'remote_storage'
+);
+
+SET @moko_drop_legacy_remote := IF(@moko_has_legacy_remote > 0,
+    'ALTER TABLE `#__mokosuitebackup_profiles` DROP COLUMN `remote_storage`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_host`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_port`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_username`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_password`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_path`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_passive`, DROP COLUMN `ftp_ssl`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_host`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_port`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_username`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_auth_type`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_password`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_key_data`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_passphrase`, DROP COLUMN `sftp_path`, DROP COLUMN `gdrive_client_id`, DROP COLUMN `gdrive_client_secret`, DROP COLUMN `gdrive_refresh_token`, DROP COLUMN `gdrive_folder_id`, DROP COLUMN `s3_endpoint`, DROP COLUMN `s3_region`, DROP COLUMN `s3_access_key`, DROP COLUMN `s3_secret_key`, DROP COLUMN `s3_bucket`, DROP COLUMN `s3_path`',
+    'DO 0'
+);
+
+PREPARE moko_stmt FROM @moko_drop_legacy_remote;
+EXECUTE moko_stmt;
+DEALLOCATE PREPARE moko_stmt;