How can I save tables to datastore

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#1

  1. I want a script example for saving tables

  2. I checked YouTube, de Forum and chatgpt but I can’t find an answer

Once I need to save my tables to my data with a player id key and I need an example to get those player datas.

#2

ProfileService is a datastore that can save an entire hierarchy of tables.

#3

Normally you can’t store tables directly to DataStores, but by formatting it to JSON format will allow you to turn tables into strings, which DataStore can work with.

local HS = game:GetService("HttpService")
local DSS = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local DataStore = DSS:GetGlobalDataStore()
local myData = {
   foo = 123;
   bar = "abc";
}

-- SAVING DATA
local stringData = HS:JSONEncode(myData)
DataStore:SetAsync("Userdata",stringData)

-- LOADING DATA
local raw = DataStore:GetAsync("Userdata")
local mySavedData = HS:JSONDecode(raw)

print(mySavedData.foo) --> 123

However be wary that JSON only allows you to store either arrays or dictionaries, you can’t use both of them at once.

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#4

Thanks buddy for this I’ll use this.

#5

Converting to a string is not needed as the method automatically does that. You can just save a table directly

#6

How can I do it brother? If you’ve got an example I’d see it.

#7

The method :SetAsync() from Datastores already encode your data before actually sending it.
Which means you can store tables and dictionaries without encoding it yourself.

#8

Oh yeah? I thought we could only store strings and values.

#9

Huh, i thought it couldn’t store tables before, was there an update that allowed this?

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#10

You could always store tables in data stores; I’ve done it for years

(cc @ubermemoli)