<function name="QueryValue" parent="sql" type="libraryfunc"> <description>Performs the query like <page>sql.QueryRow</page>, but returns the first value found.</description> <realm>Shared and Menu</realm> <file line="68-L85">lua/includes/util/sql.lua</file> <args> <arg name="query" type="string">The input query.</arg> </args> <rets> <ret name="" type="string">The returned value.</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Functions that are examples of saving and creating information into the database.</description> <code> function CreateTable() sql.Query( "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS player_data ( SteamID TEXT, Money INTEGER )" ) sql.Query("CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS player_data ( SteamID64 INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, Money INTEGER )") end function SavePlayerToDataBase( ply, Money ) local data = sql.Query( "SELECT * FROM player_data WHERE SteamID = " .. sql.SQLStr( ply:SteamID() ) .. ";") if ( data ) then⤶ sql.Query( "UPDATE player_data SET Money = " .. Money .. " WHERE SteamID = " .. sql.SQLStr( ply:SteamID() ) .. ";" )⤶ else⤶ sql.Query( "INSERT INTO player_data ( SteamID, Money ) VALUES( " .. sql.SQLStr( ply:SteamID() ) .. ", " .. Money .. " )" )⤶ end⤶ function SavePlayerToDataBase(ply, money) sql.Query("INSERT OR REPLACE INTO player_data ( SteamID64, Money ) VALUES ( " .. ply:SteamID64() .. ", " .. money .. " )") end function LoadPlayerFromDataBase( ply ) local val = sql.QueryValue( "SELECT Money FROM player_data WHERE SteamID = " .. sql.SQLStr( ply:SteamID() ) .. ";" ) return val⤶ function LoadPlayerFromDataBase(ply) return sql.QueryValue("SELECT Money FROM player_data WHERE SteamID64 = " .. ply:SteamID64()) end </code> </example>