protected function userDecidedOverwriteDB()
    {
        $userDecidedOverwriteDatabase = false;

        $overwriteCheck = $this->getUtilitiesInstance()->getRequestVar("ow", "get");
        $session = $this->getSessionInstance();

        if (isset($overwriteCheck) || $session->getSessionParam('blOverwrite')) {
            $userDecidedOverwriteDatabase = true;
        }

        return $userDecidedOverwriteDatabase;
    }