Can't Get SavedVariables to Work...

[OrionShock]

ok, a few things that are obvious that people didn't point out.

From your original code.

self.db.char.config = { ['OptionA']  = True };

Does nothing but create an empty table attached to self.db.char.config. try this in wow.

[[ /run print(True, true) ]]

it'll print out

[[ nil, true ]]

Meaning that True ~= true, remember Case Maters In Lua.
-----

self.db.char.config = { ['OptionA']  = True };
self.db.char.config = { ['OptionB'] = False };

Will do all sorts of bad things to your code. All tables are Unique, when you use a {} pair, that's a new table ALWAYS. [[ hint , {} ~= {} ]] A correct form would be

self.db.char.config = { ['OptionA']  = true };
self.db.char.config['OptionB'] = false;
--or
self.db.char.config = { 
    ['OptionA']  = true,
    ['OptionB'] = false
    };

Some bedtime reading material for you

http://www.lua.org/pil/

Last but not least, here is 2 cookies.
http://paste.wowace.com/1379/
http://paste.wowace.com/1380/

[Adirelle]

Another point, AceDB can takes care of settings defaults values for you.

Instead of doing :

self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("TestAddonDB")
if not self.db.char.config then
  self.db.char.config = {}
end
if self.db.char.config.OptionA == nil then
  self.db.char.config.OptionA = true
end
if self.db.char.config.OptionB == nil then
  self.db.char.config.OptionB = false
end

Do this:

local defaults = { -- self.db
  char = { -- self.db.char
    config = { -- self.db.char.config
      OptionA = true, -- self.db.char.config.OptionA
      OptionB = false -- self.db.char.config.OptionB
    }
  }
}
self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("TestAddonDB", defaults)
TestAddon:Print("OptionA is", self.db.char.config.OptionA, ".")
TestAddon:Print("OptionB is", self.db.char.config.OptionB, ".")

AceDB-3.0 will take care of initializing the values for you.

[highflight1985]

Originally Posted by OrionShock

self.db.char.config = { ['OptionA']  = True };
self.db.char.config = { ['OptionB'] = False };

Will do all sorts of bad things to your code.

Hm. I won't take credit for writing that bad code. I actually copied and pasted it from the addon Advertiser. Not really sure why it uses that code in that way.

Aside from that, your good attempt at explaining why that is bad went completely over my head. I did not understand how the corrected form is better; and probably for the same reason why I didn't understand why the uncorrected form was bad.

Anyway, I'm going to try and avoid using that format altogether. If I need to store information into the saved variables anytime outside of my defaults declaration, I'll use this:

self.db.<some-level-of-global-char-profile-etc>.<variable-name-goes-here> = <value>
 
i.e.
 
self.db.profile.ProfileName = "Healing"

Originally Posted by OrionShock

Some bedtime reading material for you

http://www.lua.org/pil/

Read the majority of that. Other than the very basics of Lua, not much of it seemed WOW-specific applicable. Of course, for wow-specific stuff, I should probably be reading what the WowWikki has related to addon programming... What I mean to say is: thanks for the link.

Originally Posted by OrionShock

Last but not least, here is 2 cookies.
http://paste.wowace.com/1379/
http://paste.wowace.com/1380/

Moreover, thanks for the pastes! Those worked with one correction: When you defined the defaults table, you left out the "s" in "local defaultsDB" and then later setup the LibStub reference with the "s" included. Anyway, I fixed it and it seems to work. Thanks again.

One more thing: In the defaults table, or anytime you are creating a saved variable, is "config" required? What I mean is, in the following code...

self.db.char.config.OptionA = True

...is "config" required? I ask because I copied the code I used from another addon. I've looked into other addons and several seem to use this as well, but I'm not yet convinced that it's required based on that.

[OrionShock]

is .config required ? no, and yes. It's a mater of personal preference. OCD people would have it while normal people probabbly wouldn't use it if nothing else is being put there.

As for working with tables, each and every time you see { and } in code, that's a new table. No 2 tables are the same ever. IE

local table1 = {}
local table2 = {}
print(table1 == table2)

would print out false. So in your origional code, when you set optionB you removed the table that held optionA from being referenced.

[highflight1985]

Ah! I understand now about the tables...

As far as config goes, what I think you're saying is that it's required for obsessive compulsive people, but not required by Lua or Wow. Right?



Okay...one last thing and I'll leave this blasted thing alone and move on to the next part of my self-torture....

I made the following changes to your paste code:

local defaultsDB = {
 char = {
  config = {
   optionA = true,
   optionB = false,
  }, --config
 }, --char
 global = {
  Version = "v0.01a Rev 31",
 }, -- global
} --- defaultsDB

Notice the addition of a global saved variable...I don't intend on actually using this in a real addon...it's just for my learning purpose...anyway...

Problem is: I'm not able to access it just like the problem I was having originally with OptionA and OptionB.

function MyTestAddon:OnEnable()
    D("OnEnable")
   
    D("self.db.char.config.OptionA =", self.db.char.config.OptionA )
    D("self.db.char.config.OptionB =", self.db.char.config.OptionB )
    D("Version = ", self.db.global.Version )
    D("End OnEnable")
end

Is what refers to it...it prints out nil.

[egingell]

Have you tried changing "self.db.char.config" to "self.db.global.config"?

[Torhal]

Originally Posted by highflight1985

Ah! I understand now about the tables...
<snip>

Read Programming in Lua again, though not from beginning to end - find and read the sections that relate to what you are currently working with so you'll have a better understanding.

[highflight1985]

Man...I feel like I'm beating a dead horse here, but this thing is still acting funny...

In the following code, I define the defaults and apply them with the LibStub statement...

However, the defaults don't get applied. The values are still == nil. I know this because of my if-then statement. The values only get applied once the if-then statement is run. I've checked the spelling and variable names...everything seems right. Maybe I'm suffering from code-blindness?

local debug = true
local function D(...)
 local s = string.join(", ", tostringall(...) )
 s = s:gsub("([=:]),", "%1")
 if debug then
  print("|cFFff6633TestAddon Debug:|r ", s)
 end
 return s
end
MyTestAddon = LibStub("AceAddon-3.0"):NewAddon("MyTestAddon", "AceConsole-3.0")
local defaultsDB = {
 char = {
  optionA = true,
  optionB = false,
 }, --char
 global = {
  Version = "v0.01a Rev 1651215",
 }, -- global
} --- defaultsDB
function MyTestAddon:OnInitialize()
  -- This code is run as soon as the addon is loaded.
    D("OnInit")
    D("Init DB")
    self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("MyTestAddonDB", defaultsDB)
    D("End OnInit")
end
function MyTestAddon:OnEnable()
    D("OnEnable")
   
    if (self.db.char.OptionA == nil) then
 D("self.db.char.OptionA == nil; setting values.")
 self.db.char.OptionA = true
 self.db.char.OptionB = false
 self.db.global.Version = "v0.01a Rev 1651215"
 D("Values are now set.")
    end
    D("self.db.char.OptionA =", self.db.char.OptionA )
    D("self.db.char.OptionB =", self.db.char.OptionB )
    D("self.db.global.Version =", self.db.global.Version )
    D("End OnEnable")
end

[Torhal]

In your defaults, you are defining "optionA", yet your code checks for "OptionA".

[Seerah]

*nod* *nod*

What do you see when you actually open up the saved vars file for your addon?