# Using Databases in D&D

**URL:** <https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530>\
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\
**Tags:** beginner\
**Created:** [October 1, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530 "2022-10-01T09:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![aregymapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@aregymapp](https://community.thunkable.com/u/aregymapp)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530/1 "2022-10-01T09:17:24Z")

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Hello, I’m new to this forum and to thunkable. I’m a teacher and want to make an App to randomly choose a Student using Database. I managed it using StP, but I prefer DnD. I have no clue, how to do it in DnD, especially how to pick data from a certain cell.

Can you recommend a tutorial or how to approach?  
Thanks!  
[https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4527bc94c1ab98a963c7ae8e370c66af](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/4527bc94c1ab98a963c7ae8e370c66af)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530/2 "2022-10-01T16:19:03Z")

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Welcome to Thunkable! I’m a teacher as well.

Data sources in DnD are pretty similar to StP. You can always Google _data source Thunkable_ to find the [documentation](https://docs.thunkable.com/data-sources) or you can watch a video from those results.

You can use the Get Value block to get a value from a cell. That block does have some [problems](https://community.thunkable.com/t/airtable-get-value-from-cell-block-returns-cached-data-june-2022/1909356/7) though so you might need to use the Get Row Object block instead.

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**Author:** ![aregymapp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a587f6/32.png) [@aregymapp](https://community.thunkable.com/u/aregymapp)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530/3 "2022-10-02T18:09:34Z")

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Thanks for your help. Unfortunately the first link leads to a “Page not found”. Is it possible to choose a database cell using the “Get Value Block” in D&D? As you are a teacher you might be interested in my “MeanRandom”-App. This App is meant to choose randomly Students or Parts of the Course ore Groups (this part does not work yet). As a Newby I’m pretty excited about my App, please feel free to use and critizise (or maybe even collaborate on it?). Sorry, I did not write a documentaion yet, try Click and LongClick on the buttons, I’m sure you’ll get the point.

[https://x.thunkable.com/copy/61651f390358d8839442e0f4bdf6e622](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/61651f390358d8839442e0f4bdf6e622)

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**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530/4 "2022-10-02T18:25:21Z")

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Sorry, I fixed the link in my post.

> [@aregymapp](#):
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> Is it possible to choose a database cell using the “Get Value Block” in D&D?

Yes. You can specify a column name and a row number with that block.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0f59f292712368bce16ff80133ae10de8a6f27e8.png) [@system](https://community.thunkable.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/using-databases-in-d-d/2065530/5 "2022-12-31T18:26:11Z")

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