How could I create multiple tables in a players data using datastore?

[aeroactual (clive)]

for example

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local DatastoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local database = DatastoreService:GetDataStore("data")
local PlayerData = DatastoreService:GetDataStore("data", "PlayerData")
local sessionData = {}

local function CachePlayer(Plr: Player)
	local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
		local DataToInsert = {
			["Username"] = Plr.Name
		}
		print(DataToInsert)
		database:UpdateAsync(Plr.UserId, DataToInsert)
	end)
	
end

local function LoadData(Plr: Player)
	local success, Data = pcall(function()
		return database:GetAsync(Plr.UserId)
	end)

	print(Data)
end


Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(CachePlayer)
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(LoadData)

the players data is a single table; but im trying to get it to be multiple tables
how it is rn

data = {["Username"] = "aeroactual"}

What am triyng to acheive

print(data) = {["Username"] = "aeroactual"},
{["Username"] = "aeroactual}
--etc, a new table created everytime the player joins

i would like it to insert a new table into the players data everytime it joins

so if the player joined once it’d have one table in its data then if it joined twice it’d have 2 tables in its data

right now it replaces/updates the users table
i’d want it so it creates a new table everytime they join and it each one is saved to the users key
is this possible?

[thatguybarny1324 (Thatguy)]

Somewhat of a silly question since if you understand datastore you will understand that the data is stored as a table anyway.

You also don’t need to make it a dictionary, you can just make it a table within a table but it is up to you.

example:

local DataToInsert = {
	Username = Plr.Name,
	Second_table = {
		ThirdTable = {
			
		}
	}
}

[aeroactual (clive)]

this my first time using Datastore

how could i do this procedurally?
i would like it to insert a new table into the players data everytime it joins

so if the player joined once it’d have one table in its data then if it joined twice it’d have 2 tables in its data

[thatguybarny1324 (Thatguy)]

Why? That’s pointless, you will just end up bloating their data for no reason. The larger the data the more time it will take to process all of that data.

[aeroactual (clive)]

i know, this is for a specific case and isnt used for a proper game
its only gonna have a couple people join

[thatguybarny1324 (Thatguy)]

Then just insert a new tables into the pre-existing table.

[aeroactual (clive)]

How could i do this?
im new to datastore, idk how to have a preexisting one in there

[thatguybarny1324 (Thatguy)]

Get user data → after getting insert new table → insert data into new table if no data has been parsed already

[aeroactual (clive)]

how would i upload it with the new table?

[thatguybarny1324 (Thatguy)]

I am not going to hand hold you. Please refer to the documents. if you do not know how to do something and have the resources to understand please use them.