This gives me error 104: Cannot store dictionary in Datastore ... why?

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#1

I cannot really give backstory because I dont know the reasoning behind this?..

My code:

local dss = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("tBanTestPrivate")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:sub(1):lower() == "&ban way 1m" then
			print('jh1')
			dss:SetAsync(plr.UserId, {BanTime = 60, currentServed = 0, timenow = os.time})
			print('jh2')
			plr:Kick()
			print('jh3')
		end
	end)
end)

jh1 prints, nothing else though.

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#2

Try tostring(plr.UserId) instead of plr.UserId.

#3

plr.UserId is the key, not apart of the dictionary, so I don’t believe it’s the problem.

#4

But try it and tell me what happens.

#5 
{BanTime = 60, currentServed = 0, timenow = os.time}

I suggest you JSONEncode this a string before saving it. This is the issue.

#6

I thought it was done automatically if I’m correct?..

#7

I’m not sure if that’s entirely true. I would still try it and see if it works because I do something similar in a game of my own.

#8

It rings me a bell that there was a problem when indexing datastore with integers that’s why I suggested my idea. Can you actually try it and tell me if it works?

#9

Numeric keys are automatically converted into string. The error has nothing to do with the key and is a problem with what is being stored.

#10

GlobalDataStore | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub it says that the first parameter has to be a string.

#11

Screenshot by Lightshot Its automatically converted

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#12

It’s because you’re saving a function os.time instead of the value it returns. ‘os.time()’ should work.

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#13

I did not know that, thank you

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#14

Replace os.time with os.time()

local dss = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("tBanTestPrivate")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
		if msg:sub(1):lower() == "&ban way 1m" then
			print('jh1')
			dss:SetAsync(plr.UserId, {BanTime = 60, currentServed = 0, timenow = os.time()})
			print('jh2')
			plr:Kick()
			print('jh3')
		end
	end)
end)
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#15

Btw, I recommend wrapping the datastore function in a pcall.
Even though it succeeds most of the time, if it fails due time out or anything
it can cause your script to break.

#16

DataStore information is coerced into a string format (potentially JSON) under the hood. JSON encoding data to a DataStore is redundant and unnecessary and it is certainly not required in order to save to DataStores.