[gmarco]

Hi Phanx,

As usual thanks for the reply.

function RemGank_Record_Player(name, note)  
 
    if note == nil or note == "" then  note = default_note end
    
    -- Define the new row in the array
    RemGankDB[name] = RemGankDB[name] or {} 
    
    -- not mandatory to be initialized anymore.
    -- RemGankDB[name]["name"] = RemGankDB[name]["name"] or {}
    -- RemGankDB[name]["desc"] = RemGankDB[name]["desc"] or {}
    -- RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] = RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] or {}
    
    -- To prevent the math err on the sum of ( nil + 1 ) below
    RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] = RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] or 0
 
    RemGankDB[name]["name"] = name:lower()
    RemGankDB[name]["desc"] = string.sub(note,1,25) 
    RemGankDB[name]["lastloc"] = GetZoneText() .. "/" .. GetSubZoneText() .. " - " .. date("%d.%m.%Y %H:%M:%S") 
    RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] = ( RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"] + 1 )   
    
    print(string_format("%s: adding %s [ %s ] [ kills: %i ] ", prgname, name, note, RemGankDB[name]["nrkill"])) 
    
end

Studying better my code I finally realized that I don't need the commented out part.

The line 6 is mandatory as you explained me some messages ago :-) and the 14 is to prevent a math error when trying to add a nil + 1 few lines after.

Better yet, you should just validate your DB once when your addon loads, instead of every time you add a record.

This is the part I could not understand how to accomplish.
This because the only way I think I could do is something like :

if event == "ADDON_LOADED" and arg1 == "Remgank" then
        
        --- other code
 
        for name in pairs(RemGankDB) do
            RemGankDB[name] = RemGankDB[name]
        end
    end

But I have to add the same 2 lines (6 and 14 of the first sample) in the RemGank_Record_Player to prevent an error when RemGankDB[name] is nil ( adding a new player not yet in the DB ) .

So I don't find any utility in use that for ... end in the ADDON_LOADED event.

I am sorry if this message is not so clear but it is not easy for me to explain better.

Thanks again for your time.