setAccountData Bug

[myjobisgop]

Hi!

I found a bag of function setAccountData

Let i have an array with a large number of keys (over 10 for example):

  
BigArray = { 
            Key1 = "Value 1", 
            Key2 = "Value 2", 
            Key3 = "Value 3", 
            Key4 = {"A", "ABC", "124"}, 
            Key5 = {{"C", "D", "1244"}, "F"}, 
            Key6 = {"value 6"} 
             
            ..... 
        } 
  

And next I want to save that array on a player account if a player leaves the game:

Note: I save that array only for registered players (not for guest)

  
addEventHandler ("onPlayerQuit", getRootElement(), 
    function(quitType, reason, responsibleElement) 
        local playerAccount = getPlayerAccount(source) 
         
        local BigArrayForSave = toJSON(BigArray) 
  
        if (isGuestAccount(playerAccount) == false) then 
                     setAccountData(playerAccount, "SaveBigArray", BigArrayForSave) 
        end 
         
        playerAccount = nil 
    end 
) 
  

And when a player enters in a game I want to get that array from his account:

  
addEventHandler("onPlayerLogin", getRootElement(), 
    function(thePreviousAccount, theCurrentAccount, autoLogin) 
         if (isGuestAccount(getPlayerAccount(source)) == false) then 
            local lastBigArray = getAccountData(theCurrentAccount, "SaveBigArray") 
        end 
    end 
) 
  

But now lastBigArray is shorter than the line length of BigArrayForSave:

  
string.len(BigArrayForSave) > string.len(lastBigArray) 
  

Am I doing something wrong or is that a bug of MTA?

[xXMADEXx]

You are trying to get the length of a table with string.len... Use:

if ( #BigArrayForSave > #lastBigArray ) then 

Not sure, but that could be the problem.

[myjobisgop]

If you look carefully at my code, you will see that SaveBigArray and lastBigArray have a string type.

[myonlake]

The internal database is not made for long values. I suggest using SQLite in this case.

Not sure which MTA version you're using, but before 1.3.4 there is a low character limit on values. Nowadays it's limited to 65535.

[Spajk]

You cant store tables in account data. Use toJSON and fromJSON.

[myjobisgop]

Spajk, Look carefuly at my code please. I put array in account data there previously a string value, made by toJSON.

[IIYAMA]

But you didn't use from Json.

[TAPL]

The limit for setAccountData is 128, that's why you have trouble with toJSON and fromJSON.

You need to find other way to store the string, like SQLite or XML or even a file.

[Spajk]

Spajk, Look carefuly at my code please. I put array in account data there previously a string value, made by toJSON.

oh, sorry