AceDB-3.0 question

[Benalish]

I wrote this line on the OnInitalize() event of my mod

self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("MyAddonDB", defaults, true)
db = self.db

When I run /dump db and /dump MyAddonDB, is possible they print different table? And if so, why?

[Resike]

Originally Posted by Benalish I wrote this line on the OnInitalize() event of my mod self.db = LibStub("AceDB-3.0"):New("MyAddonDB", defaults, true) db = self.db When I run /dump db and /dump MyAddonDB, is possible they print different table? And if so, why?

Because the first one is a table, and the second one is a global reference, but they both point into the same table.

[Lombra]

Yes, they should be different as AceDB:New returns a different table full of magics and stuff that refers to various places in your "real" saved variables. Your global table is somewhere in there, though. I think db.sv == MyAddonDB.

[Phanx]

Also, once you are using AceDB, you should never do anything directly with your actual saved variable. If you want to store stuff globally (outside the selected profile) use the "global" namespace of your db:

db.profile.something = 5 <-- this is stored in the profile, eg "Default"
db.global.something = 10 <-- this is stored separately in a section available to all characters regardless of profile

There are also namespaces for "char" (specific to the current character), "faction", "realm", and a few others.