Any other possibilities for saving data?

[Lilithurian]

Hi there,

I am about to write an addon, but I am quiet noobish when it comes to addon programming and I hope you can help me.

The goal of my addon is to create an enhanced profile, where players can input extra information. However, I would like this information to be viewable even when the player who posted that information is offline. So this data should be saved somewhere.

I was wondering if this is doable with just SavedVariables? Is it doable at all?
Are there any other options for saving data and sharing it between players?

Thanks in advance!
Greets,

[Seerah]

You could code it so that users of your addon can share data: http://www.wowwiki.com/API_SendAddonMessage

[Lilithurian]

Thanks for your quick response.

So setting up a channel will allow all users of this addon to share data, but will it also store the data so that is available even when other users are no longer online (so not longer in the channel, I'm guessing) ?

[Waverian]

Originally Posted by Lilithurian Thanks for your quick response. So setting up a channel will allow all users of this addon to share data, but will it also store the data so that is available even when other users are no longer online (so not longer in the channel, I'm guessing) ?

No. At least one person online has to have the data available in order for it to be shared.