# How to use a variable stored in a realtime db? please help!

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Tags:** firebase, beginner, variables, help, realtimedb
**Created:** [July 8, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133 "2020-07-08T15:11:18Z")
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### Author: ![sravas.melarkodew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sravas.melarkodew](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sravas.melarkodew)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/1 "2020-07-08T15:11:18Z")

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Hey guys, please help me out here! I have stored the text from a particular textInput in the realtime database as a variable…

I have also created a variable storing that very same text and now when I am trying to call that variable’s text, I am not getting any output… PLEASE HELP!

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### Author: ![rockode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/rockode/32/75168_2.png) [@rockode](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rockode)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/2 "2020-07-08T15:12:40Z")

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it should be working @sravas.melarkodew

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### Author: ![sravas.melarkodew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sravas.melarkodew](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sravas.melarkodew)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/3 "2020-07-08T15:13:41Z")

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But that **is** the problem @rockode !!! it isn’t! Everyone has been telling me the same thing, but it simply isn’t!

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### Author: ![rockode](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/rockode/32/75168_2.png) [@rockode](https://community.thunkable.com/u/rockode)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/4 "2020-07-08T15:17:25Z")

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Send me the link of your project

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### Author: ![sravas.melarkodew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sravas.melarkodew](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sravas.melarkodew)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/5 "2020-07-08T15:20:51Z")

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Here is the pic of the block code which I used to store the text in the RealTime DB…

![Thunkable1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/1/51935cd16f9e8aee439c0b2da6b1a542a3dcc075.png)

And here is the pic of the block code which I used to store the text as just a variable

![Thunkable2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/5/4/54473c5ffb7331fe6c1934cdaa1551b396ab3c9c.png)

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### Author: ![sravas.melarkodew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sravas.melarkodew](https://community.thunkable.com/u/sravas.melarkodew)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2020, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/6 "2020-07-08T15:31:40Z")

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Seriously guys, please help! This is the one thing remaining in my project and I don’t wanna push this matter any further

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### Author: ![ioannis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/ioannis/32/146956_2.png) [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-use-a-variable-stored-in-a-realtime-db-please-help/665133/7 "2024-11-08T11:24:58Z")

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