How to pull a record inside a function

Once you are inside a function how do you pull a record?

Here in this function I have nodeTrait which is user data for some racial traits. The text inside the nodeTrait is 3 disciplines
The while statements add the 3 disciplines to a list. Then the for statement runs until its at the end of the list. So far so good.
My problem is on the addDisciplines function I get no record exist. Because I am not calling the record correctly. How would I call a record from inside a function like this?
DB.getchildren? DB.setvalue?

I was thinking something like

addDiscipline(nodeChar, "referencediscipline", DB.setvalue(nodeChar, sRecord=refrence.disciplines.v);

But I don't know the proper syntax for it.

function handleClanDisciplines(nodeChar, sClass, nodeTrait)
local sText = DB.getText(nodeTrait, "text");
local aWords = StringManager.parseWords(sText);

local sDisciplines = {};
local ListDisciplines = DataCommon.disciplines;

local sFormat = Interface.getString("char_message_clanadd");
local sMsg = string.format(sFormat, "test", DB.getValue(nodeChar, "name", ""));

local i = 1;
local number = 0;
while aWords[i] do
if StringManager.isPhrase(aWords, i, { "three", "dots", "on" }) then
local j = i + 3;
while aWords[j] do
local k = 1;
while ListDisciplines[k] do
if aWords[j]:match(ListDisciplines[k]) then
table.insert(sDisciplines, aWords[j]);
number = number + 1;
break;
end
k = k + 1;
end

if not StringManager.isWord(aWords[j], "and" or "or") and not flag == 3 then
break;
end
j = j + 1;
end
break;
end
i = i + 1;
end

if #sDisciplines == 0 then
return false;
end

for _,v in ipairs(sDisciplines) do
addDiscipline(nodeChar, "referencediscipline", v);
end
return true;
end

Something like:

Code:

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  local nodeChar = window.getDatabaseNode();
  local myDiscipline = nodeChar.getChild("discipline").getValue();

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edited typo/copypasto

Quote:

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Originally Posted by damned

Something like:

Code:

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  local nodeChar = cli_rollsWindowDBNode;
  local myDiscipline = nodeChar.getChild("discipline").getValue();

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When I run it that way nodeChar returns as a nil value.

Code:

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function addDiscipline(nodeChar, sClass, sDiscipline)
        local nodeChar = cli_rollsWindowDBNode;
  local myDiscipline = nodeChar.getChild("disciplines").getValue();



        local nodeSource = resolveRefNode(sRecord);
        if not nodeSource then
                return;
        end
       
       
       
        local nodeList = nodeChar.createChild("disciplines");
        if not nodeList then
                return;
        end
       
        local sDisciplineName = DB.getValue(nodeSource, "name", "");
        local sDisciplineNameLower = StringManager.trim(sDisciplineName):lower();
       
        local sFormat = Interface.getString("char_message_disciplineadd");
        local sMsg = string.format(sFormat, sDisciplineName, DB.getValue(nodeChar, "name", ""));
        ChatManager.SystemMessage(sMsg);
       
        -- Try and match an existing class entry, or create a new one
        local sRecordSansModule = StringManager.split(sRecord, "@")[1];
        local nodeDiscipline = nil;
        for _,v in pairs(nodeList.getChildren()) do
                local _,sExistingdisciplinePath = DB.getValue(v, "shortcut", "", "");
                if sExistingDisciplinePath == "" then
                        local sExistingDisciplineName = StringManager.trim(DB.getValue(v, "name", "")):lower();
                        if sExistingDisciplineName ~= "" and (sExistingDisciplineName == sDisciplineNameLower) then
                                nodeDiscipline = v;
                                break;
                        end
                else
                        local sExistingDisciplinePathSansModule = StringManager.split(sExistingDisciplinePath, "@")[1];
                        if sExistingDisciplinePathSansModule == sRecordSansModule then
                                nodeDiscipline = v;
                                break;
                        end
                end
        end
        local nLevel = 0;
        local bExistingDiscipline = false;
        if nodeDiscipline then
                bExistingDiscipline = true;
                nLevel = DB.getValue(nodeDiscipline, "level", 1) + 1;
        else
                nodeDiscipline = nodeList.createChild();
        end

        if not bExistingDiscipline then
                DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "name", "string", sDisciplineName);
        end
        DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "level", "number", nLevel);
        DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "shortcut", "windowreference", sClass, sRecord);

        local nTotalLevel = 0;
        for _,vDiscipline in pairs(DB.getChildren(nodeChar, "disciplines")) do
                nTotalLevel = nTotalLevel + DB.getValue(vDiscipline, "level", 0);
        end
end

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sorry - typo above - what happens if you add this near the top?

Code:

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  local nodeChar = window.getDatabaseNode();
  Debug.chat("nodeChar: ", nodeChar);

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Ill try it and get back to you. For now this worked.

Code:

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function addDiscipline(nodeChar, sClass, sDiscipline)
        local sDisciplineNameLower = StringManager.trim(sDiscipline):lower();
       
        local sRecord = "reference.disciplines." .. sDisciplineNameLower .. "@VtM 20th Anniversary Edition";
        local nodeSource = resolveRefNode(sRecord);
        if not nodeSource then
                return;
        end

       
        local nodeList = nodeChar.createChild("disciplineslist");
        if not nodeList then
                return;
        end
       
        local sDisciplineName = DB.getValue(nodeSource, "name", "");
        local sDisciplineNameLower = StringManager.trim(sDisciplineName):lower();
       
       
        -- Try and match an existing discipline entry, or create a new one
        local sRecordSansModule = StringManager.split(sRecord, "@")[1];
        local nodeDiscipline = nil;
        for _,v in pairs(nodeList.getChildren()) do
                local _,sExistingdisciplinePath = DB.getValue(v, "shortcut", "", "");
                if sExistingDisciplinePath == "" then
                        local sExistingDisciplineName = StringManager.trim(DB.getValue(v, "name", "")):lower();
                        if sExistingDisciplineName ~= "" and (sExistingDisciplineName == sDisciplineNameLower) then
                                nodeDiscipline = v;
                                break;
                        end
                else
                        local sExistingDisciplinePathSansModule = StringManager.split(sExistingDisciplinePath, "@")[1];
                        if sExistingDisciplinePathSansModule == sRecordSansModule then
                                nodeDiscipline = v;
                                break;
                        end
                end
        end
        local nLevel = 0;
        local bExistingDiscipline = false;
        if nodeDiscipline then
                bExistingDiscipline = true;
                nLevel = DB.getValue(nodeDiscipline, "level", 1) + 1;
        else
                nodeDiscipline = nodeList.createChild();
        end

        if not bExistingDiscipline then
                DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "name", "string", sDiscipline);
        end
        local sFormat = Interface.getString("char_message_clanadd");
        local sMsg = string.format(sFormat, DB.getValue(nodeDiscipline, "name", ""), DB.getValue(nodeChar, "name", ""));
        ChatManager.SystemMessage(sMsg);
        DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "level", "number", nLevel);
        DB.setValue(nodeDiscipline, "shortcut", "windowreference", sClass, nodeSource.getNodeName());
       
        local nTotalLevel = 0;
        for _,vDiscipline in pairs(DB.getChildren(nodeChar, "disciplines")) do
                nTotalLevel = nTotalLevel + DB.getValue(vDiscipline, "level", 0);
        end
end

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