Authors CurseForge

what am I doing wrong?

I have two statments (if memory serves):
self:db:set("spell", 1, "Heal")
self:db:set("spell", 2, "Regrowth")

I do 2 /console reloadui to make sure it gets out to the savedvariables. What I see in the saved var file is just "spell" and a 2, with no text.

Quote from "blankStare3" »

what am I doing wrong?

I have two statments (if memory serves):
self:db:set("spell", 1, "Heal")
self:db:set("spell", 2, "Regrowth")

I do 2 /console reloadui to make sure it gets out to the savedvariables. What I see in the saved var file is just "spell" and a 2, with no text.

What are you trying to do here? If you are trying to create this:

your_db = {
    ["spell"] = {
        [1] = "Heal",
        [2] = "Regrowth",
        },
    }

Then the syntax that I think you want is this:

self:db:set({"spell"}, 1, "Heal")
self:db:set({"spell"}, 2, "Regrowth")

This is because self:db:set() can be called in two ways:

1) set(key, value)
2) set(path, key, value)

If the first parameter is a table then the second form is used otherwise the first form is used and your third parameter is ignored.

(Disclaimer: I got this from looking at the code for AceDatabase:set() and I am new to LUA so I could be wrong - just try it and see 8) )

Steve

First of all there's a typo ... it should be self.db:set not self:db:set

You don't have to index your entries yourself with ',1,"Heal" '. Lua does index it for you by using keys (starting from 1).


You only need to:

self.db:set("spell","Heal")
self.db:set("spell","Regrowth")

so, using

for k,v in ipairs(self.db:get("spell")) do
  ace:print("Key: "..k.." Value: "..v)
end

the output would be:

Key: 1 Value: Heal
Key: 2 Value: Regrowth

What if I wanted to build something like:

TestItems = {
["Mithril Ore"] = {
["inv"] = 0,
["bank"] = 0,
["mail"] = 0,
},
["Silver Ore"] = {
["inv"] = 0,
["bank"] = 0,
["mail"] = 0,
},
etc...
}

would I use

self.db:set("Mithril Ore","inv",0)
self.db:set("Mithril Ore","bank",0)
self.db:set("Mithril Ore","mail",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","inv",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","bank",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","mail",0)
etc...

self.db:set({self.profilePath,Path}, var, val)

Quote from LordRhys »

What if I wanted to build something like:

TestItems = {
["Mithril Ore"] = {
["inv"] = 0,
["bank"] = 0,
["mail"] = 0,
},
["Silver Ore"] = {
["inv"] = 0,
["bank"] = 0,
["mail"] = 0,
},
etc...
}

would I use

self.db:set("Mithril Ore","inv",0)
self.db:set("Mithril Ore","bank",0)
self.db:set("Mithril Ore","mail",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","inv",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","bank",0)
self.db:set("Silver Ore","mail",0)
etc...

self.db:set({"Silver Ore"},"bank",0)
self.db:set({"Silver Ore"},"mail",0) ect