Can you use JSONENCODE to save Dictionaries to datastore

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#1

for example
local dss = game:GetService(“DataStoreServiec”):GetDataStore(“ABC-123”)

local data = {
1 = {x, y, z},
2 = {x, y, z},
3 = {x,y,z}
}

– json encode data

dss:SetAsync(“Structures”, data) – data is now the json encoded data.

#2

I thinl you can do it,
Almost sure, correct me if I’m wrong, anyway, why not testing it though?

#3

Yes, it is possible to encode your dictionary using JSONEncode and save it to a DataStore safely.

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#4

I believe data is already encoded in JSON for you and thus you are not actually doing anything by encoding it in JSON before saving.

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#5

Yes you can save strings but you can also save tables in datastores so there is no need for encoding.

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#6

Datastores themselves already encodes a table using JSON so its unnecessary, just directly save the table.

#7

But i cannot save dictionaries to datastores…

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#10

You can save dictionaries in datastores, the only thing is that the keys cannot be mixed, meaning it either has to be an array or dictionary with only string keys.

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#13

I believe you’re talking about trying to save instances or userdata values then. Those are definitely not saveable but you can save them using serialization.