Can two AbantCarts use the same database?

[paulbg2]

Hello!
I have to reinstall several AbanteCart installations due to a hack and virus on the server from old backups.
It appears two installations share the same MySql database? Is that possible!
One was a subdomain of the other. I seem to remember adding the second as an add-on to the first...but that was 4yrs ago...so memory is unreliable. I don't want to risk trying it until I know.
Many thanks!

[Basara]

Hello.
If you have multistore setup https://abantecart.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AD/pages/8028306/Multi-store
or in case you install AbanteCart with a different table prefix to the old database where some tables were present.

[paulbg2]

Thank-you Basara for the link, very helpful. It does sound familiar!