Testing if a table is nil

[Spawnova]

My table keeps getting overwritten with the default values because when I test to see if it's nil it returns true even though it's already created and saved.
I have ## SavedVariables: SDRC_DB

and heres the code

local rName = GetRealmName()
local pName = UnitName("player")
SDRC_DB = SDRC_DB or {}
 
if SDRC_DB[rName] == nil then
    print("realm name nil")
    SDRC_DB[rName] = {
        ["Player1"] = {
            ["test"] = 0
        }
    }
end
 
if SDRC_DB[rName][pName] == nil then 
    print("realm name player nil")
    SDRC_DB[rName][pName] = {
        ["world"] = false,
        ["threshold"] = 30000
    }
end

I've also tried if not SDRC_DB[rName][pName] but it always returns nil

although my values are being overwritten in the lua, they are already created and saved correctly in the savedvariables file and are not the default values, so I'm somewhat confused.

Also, I don't know if my table setup is as condensed\optimized as it could be so any tips there would be great too

[Duugu]

The reason for this is that SDRC_DB doesn't exists when you addon code is loaded.

You'll have to register for ADDON_LOADED or VARIABLES_LOADED and to do your test then. It will return SDRC_DB is ~= nil (if there is savevars data).

http://www.wowwiki.com/Saving_variab..._game_sessions ("The loading process")

[Spawnova]

I see, that makes sense now.

However, having the table creation in the addon loaded event I now get nil values on everything that uses the variables before the addon loaded event.

is there a way to fix this without having to put all my code in the addon loaded event?

[Duugu]

Without any further information: nope.

Could you please show the full code?

[Spawnova]

I've got it now. =)

I just moved the the SetScript for a few things into the addon loaded event and left out the frame creations.

Thanks for the help!