---
name: "BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Database"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn
revid: 379263
updated: 2026-10-30T23:43:15Z
---

# BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn

*Function · Database · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Take On Helicopters v1.00*

## Description

Returns content of given value.

## Syntax

```sqf
[database, path, (defaultValue)] call BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn
```

**Parameters:**

- `database`: [Array](../topics/Array.md) - Databse array
- `path`: [Array](../topics/Array.md) - Path to value
- `defaultValue`: [Anything](../topics/Anything.md) - (Optional, default [nil](../commands/nil.md)) in case the value does not exist return this value

**Returns:** [Anything](../topics/Anything.md) - Value's content

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[["#MILLER", ["&KILLS", 1000, "&RANK", "CAPTAIN"]], ["miller","kills"]] call BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn; // 1000
```

## See also

[BIS_fnc_dbClassCheck](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassCheck.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassId](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassId.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassIndex](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassIndex.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassList](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassList.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassRemove](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassRemove.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassReturn](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassReturn.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbClassSet](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbClassSet.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbConfigPath](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbConfigPath.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbImportConfig](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbImportConfig.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbImportXML](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbImportXML.md) · BIS_fnc_dbisClass · BIS_fnc_dbisValue · [BIS_fnc_dbPrint](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbPrint.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbSymbolClass.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbSymbolValue](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbSymbolValue.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueCheck](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueCheck.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueId](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueId.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueIndex](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueIndex.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueList](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueList.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueRemove](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueRemove.md) · [BIS_fnc_dbValueSet](../functions/BIS_fnc_dbValueSet.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc dbValueReturn](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_dbValueReturn) (revision 379263).</sub>