On 7/7/2024 at 2:15 PM, mikeh1975 said:my question is can i edit the config\peramiters.php on the new fresh install of presta 8.1 to use the old sql file
you surely can you just need to act with caution.
Make a copy of the file and have that downloaded on your PC.
the var folder can be on different location closer to you root folder or even in there.
That depends on the configuration the server ẃas set to.
Where do you host?