Passing a string becomes an instance

[crude thorn]

i have this in my server script:

    local name = username .. "'s Server"
    local newServer = serverTemplate:Clone()
    newServer.Username.Value = name
end

remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(addServer)```

and this is the local script that passes username:

```script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local username = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name
    remoteEvent:FireServer(username)
    
    if not remoteEvent then
        print("RemoteEvent not found on the client!")
        return
    end
end)```

why would i be getting the error `ServerScriptService.createLobbyScript:7: attempt to concatenate Instance with string  -  Server - createLobbyScript:7` when trying to do this?

also, if i do type(username) in the serverscript, it says "userdata" whereas in the local script itll be "string"

[wise wind]

maybe use the tostring() function

[crude thorn]

thanks that worked, i figured it would but why is it type userdata once its passed to the server? i feel like thats not expected behavior here

[lament schooner]

okay so you wouldn't not want to do that. You should read how RemoteEvents works, but, for this case what's the problem is the first argument in .OnServerEvent is always the player who fired the event. So you wouldn't even need to pass anything ass the player is the first argument so you can just use player.Name