104: Cannot store Array in data store. Data stores can only accept valid UTF-8 characters

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#1

I’m working on a ban panel for my game and for some reason I keep getting this error everytime I fire the event saying: 104: Cannot store Array in data store. Data stores can only accept valid UTF-8 characters. Here’s the code:

game.ReplicatedStorage.BanOrUnbanPlayer.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, playerToBan, Reason, Ban)
	if Ban == "Ban" then
		for i,v in pairs(moderators) do
			if player.UserId == v then
				if game.Players:FindFirstChild(playerToBan) then
					if game.Players[playerToBan].UserId ~= player.UserId then
						print(playerToBan.." has been successfully banned!")
						game.Players[playerToBan]:Kick("You've been banned from The DS Solar Ship. \n Reason: "..Reason)
						ModerationDataStore:SetAsync(game.Players[playerToBan].UserId, {true, Reason})
					else print("This player is an admin")
					end
				else
					local players = game:GetService("Players")
					local Id = players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(playerToBan)
					if Id ~= player.UserId then
						ModerationDataStore:SetAsync(Id, {true, Reason}) -- The line the error is marking
						print(playerToBan.." has been banned!")
					end
				end
			end
		end
	elseif Ban == "Unban" then
		local players = game:GetService("Players")
		local Id = players:GetUserIdFromNameAsync(playerToBan)
		ModerationDataStore:RemoveAsync(Id)
		print(playerToBan.." has been unbanned!")
	end
end)
#2

Your setting the value to a {boolean, message}
Thats an array, No defined keys but defined values.

To fix this i’d reccomend using HttpService:JSONEncode and HttpService:JSONDecode. They will be linked below.
Essentially, You encode it. Send it to the datastore. Then when you recieve it, you decode it.

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