Saving folder contents in Data Store

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I’m trying to save all the children of a folder using data store. basically, this folder will be in the player. In it will be all boats they have unlocked. How would I save all children of this folder to data store

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")

local myDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("myDataStore")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder")
	leaderstats.Parent = player
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
	
	local Boats = Instance.new("Folder")
	v.Name = "Boats"
	v.Parent = player
	
	local Equipped = Instance.new("StringValue")
	a.Name = "Equipped"
	a.Parent = player
	
	local Loot = Instance.new("Folder")
	b.Name = "Loot"
	b.Parent = player
	
	local data1
	local data2
	local data3
	local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
		data1 = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-boats")
		data2 = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-equipped")
		data3 = myDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."-loot")
	end)
	
	if success then
		v.Value	= data1
		a.Value = data2
		b.Value = data3
		print("Successfuly saved data")
	else
		print("There was an error whilst getting your data")
		warn(errormessage)
	end
end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	
	local success, errormessage = pcall(function()
	myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-boats",player.leaderstats.Boats.Value)
	myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-equipped",player.leaderstats.Equipped.Value)
	myDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."-loot",player.leaderstats.Loot.Value)
	end)
	
	if success then
		print("Player data successfully saved!")
	else
		print("There was an error when saving data")
		warn(errormessage)
	end
end)

end)
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The only way you could do it is by saving the names because datastores can only store integers and strings. The way you could do that is just

local data = {}

local datastore = gane:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("Data")

for i,v in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do
  data[#data+1] = v.Name
end

datastore:SetAsync(key,data)
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Thanks, I will try this! (30 characters), could you show me how i would insert this into the script i pasted above?

4

There can be improvements made into your data saving system. U should put all the data into one table and store it in one Key.

You should also keep the server open when saving data

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I only know how to do it this way, as I am not an advanced scripter

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Tell me why your name sounds familiar

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