What is the difference between SetAsync and UpdateAsync?

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#1

Well I saw several other posts but I didn’t understand any

#2

UpdateAsync updates a value (already existing value)
SetAsync sets a value

Most basic explanation of the difference.

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#3

Can you give me examples about UpdateAsync?

#4

I have a value in a game that can only go up.

  • That’s when you use IncrementAsync()

I have a value in a game that can change (like coins, for example)

  • That’s when you use SetAsync()

Most people use IncrementAsync() in the last case, as it is somewhat more secure.

I have a string value in a game that can change (play time as example ?)

  • That’s when you use UpdateAsync()
#5

There are also articles on the Roblox Developer Hub, you can read more about this here.

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#6

That should also be a number, why would you store time as a string?

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#7

I gave it as an example, the first one that came to my mind, I forgot to change the string to number