# How can i just INSERT multiple values in Firebase without OVERWRITING **URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-just-insert-multiple-values-in-firebase-without-overwriting/842011 **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X **Created:** [September 23, 2020, 9:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-just-insert-multiple-values-in-firebase-without-overwriting/842011 "2020-09-23T09:35:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 6
### Author: ![drted](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/drted/32/92694_2.png) [@drted](https://community.thunkable.com/u/drted) #### Post date: [September 23, 2020, 5:01pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-just-insert-multiple-values-in-firebase-without-overwriting/842011/6 "2020-09-23T17:01:10Z")
Here is a thread and a link to my project that includes a function to update individual properties anywhere within a JSON hierarchy without destroying other entries. > [@\[Solved\] Where the dictionary block in Thunkable?](http://community.thunkable.com/t/solved-where-the-dictionary-block-in-thunkable/656564/14): > > I had the same issue ([Generating/ changing JSON object - #12 by drted](http://community.thunkable.com/t/generating-changing-json-object/106049/12)). The solution I originally created worked EXACTLY like dictionary blocks in App Inventor 2. Unfortunately, Thunkable changed variable handling in some way in April/May, causing my recurrsive functions to no longer work. I have a second version that works using a loop instead of recursion. The block “Syntax” is a little clunky now, but at least it works for both GET and SET. The working project is here: [https://x.thunkable.c…](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/19b2ea706648f806f2ccf5e5eecb1e01) [https://x.thunkable.com/copy/6fa388d528ad7ac512617b87c8dba9da](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/6fa388d528ad7ac512617b87c8dba9da) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-can-i-just-insert-multiple-values-in-firebase-without-overwriting/842011)._