[ic] Wanted: No database upload at IC start

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com]

Where can I configure IC to not drop all the tables and reload the
foundation template when I start/restart IC (4.8.1)?  

Details:  Our goal:  To use one database for several catalogs.  So we want
to be able to restart stores at will, but not let this effect the data
currently in the database.  Our database gets populated by outside
scripts. 

I was hoping that there was a configuration option that I could take
advantage of, but can't find one.  Is there code within bin/interchange
that I could comment out? 

Continuing to look... Thanks, in advance, for help.

Michelle