Revision 914119 of IDBOpenDBRequest

<p>{{APIRef("IndexedDB")}}</p>

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<p>The <code>IDBOpenDBRequest</code> interface of the IndexedDB API provides access to the results of requests to open or delete databases (performed using {{domxref("IDBFactory.open")}} and {{domxref("IDBFactory.deleteDatabase")}}), using specific event handler attributes.</p>
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<p>Inherits from: {{domxref("IDBRequest")}}</p>

<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>

<p>No methods.</p>

<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>

<h3 id="Event_handlers">Event handlers</h3>

<dl>
 <dt>{{domxref("IDBOpenDBRequest.onblocked")}}</dt>
 <dd>The event handler for the blocked event. This event is triggered when the <code>upgradeneeded</code> event should be triggered because of a version change but the database is still in use (i.e. not closed) somewhere, even after the <code>versionchange</code> event was sent.</dd>
 <dt>{{domxref("IDBOpenDBRequest.onupgradeneeded")}}</dt>
 <dd>The event handler for the <code>upgradeneeded</code> event, fired when a database of a bigger version number than the existing stored database is loaded.</dd>
</dl>

<h2 id="Example">Example</h2>

<p>In the following example you can see the onupgradeneeded handler being used to update the database structure if a database with a higher version number is loaded. For a full working example, see our <a class="external" href="https://github.com/mdn/to-do-notifications/tree/gh-pages">To-do Notifications</a> app (<a class="external" href="https://mdn.github.io/to-do-notifications/">view example live</a>.)</p>

<pre class="brush: js; highlight:[15,25,26,28,29,30,31,32,33,34]">var db;

// Let us open our database
var DBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open("toDoList", 4);

// these two event handlers act on the database being opened successfully, or not
DBOpenRequest.onerror = function(event) {
  note.innerHTML += '&lt;li&gt;Error loading database.&lt;/li&gt;';
};

DBOpenRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
  note.innerHTML += '&lt;li&gt;Database initialised.&lt;/li&gt;';
 
  // store the result of opening the database in the db variable. This is used a lot below
  db = DBOpenRequest.result;
 
  // Run the displayData() function to populate the task list with all the to-do list data already in the IDB
  displayData();
};

// This event handles the event whereby a new version of the database needs to be created
// Either one has not been created before, or a new version number has been submitted via the
// window.indexedDB.open line above
//it is only implemented in recent browsers
DBOpenRequest.onupgradeneeded = function(event) {
  var db = event.target.result;
 
  db.onerror = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '&lt;li&gt;Error loading database.&lt;/li&gt;';
  };

  // Create an objectStore for this database   
  var objectStore = db.createObjectStore("toDoList", { keyPath: "taskTitle" });

  // define what data items the objectStore will contain
    
  objectStore.createIndex("hours", "hours", { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex("minutes", "minutes", { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex("day", "day", { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex("month", "month", { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex("year", "year", { unique: false });
  objectStore.createIndex("notified", "notified", { unique: false });
};</pre>

<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>

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  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('IndexedDB', '#idl-def-IDBOpenDBRequest', 'IDBOpenDBRequest')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('IndexedDB')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="Browser_compatibility" name="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>

<div>{{CompatibilityTable}}</div>

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<table class="compat-table">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Chrome</th>
   <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Internet Explorer</th>
   <th>Opera</th>
   <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>23{{property_prefix("webkit")}}<br>
    24</td>
   <td>10 {{property_prefix("moz")}}<br>
    {{CompatGeckoDesktop("16.0")}}</td>
   <td>10, partial</td>
   <td>15</td>
   <td>7.1</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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  <tr>
   <th>Feature</th>
   <th>Android</th>
   <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
   <th>Firefox OS</th>
   <th>IE Phone</th>
   <th>Opera Mobile</th>
   <th>Safari Mobile</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>Basic support</td>
   <td>4.4</td>
   <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("22.0")}}</td>
   <td>1.0.1</td>
   <td>10</td>
   <td>22</td>
   <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
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<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>

<ul>
 <li><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/API/IndexedDB_API/Using_IndexedDB">Using IndexedDB</a></li>
 <li>Starting transactions: {{domxref("IDBDatabase")}}</li>
 <li>Using transactions: {{domxref("IDBTransaction")}}</li>
 <li>Setting a range of keys: {{domxref("IDBKeyRange")}}</li>
 <li>Retrieving and making changes to your data: {{domxref("IDBObjectStore")}}</li>
 <li>Using cursors: {{domxref("IDBCursor")}}</li>
 <li>Reference example: <a class="external" href="https://github.com/mdn/to-do-notifications/tree/gh-pages">To-do Notifications</a> (<a class="external" href="https://mdn.github.io/to-do-notifications/">view example live</a>.)</li>
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