Fix “LIMIT is only supported in combination with either BYSCORE or BYLEX” in Redis

If you’re getting an error that reads “LIMIT is only supported in combination with either BYSCORE or BYLEX” it’s probably because you’re trying to use the LIMIT clause without using the BYSCORE or BYLEX arguments.

This can happen when using the VRANGE command without either of the BYSCORE or BYLEX arguments.

To fix this issue, use either the BYSCORE or BYLEX argument when using the command. This obviously means that we need to adjust our query so that it’s querying by score or lexicographically.

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Fix “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using ZADD in Redis

If you get an error that reads “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using the ZADD command in Redis, it’s probably because you’re trying to update a key that contains the wrong data type.

To fix this issue, be sure to only use the ZADD command against sorted sets if the key already exists. If the key doesn’t already exist, then you shouldn’t get this error.

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Fix “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using ZINTERSTORE in Redis

If you get an error that reads “WRONGTYPE Operation against a key holding the wrong kind of value” when using the ZINTERSTORE command in Redis, it’s probably because you’re passing a key with the wrong data type.

To fix this issue, be sure that each key you pass to the ZINTERSTORE command is either a set or a sorted set.

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