IDBVersionChangeEvent

The IDBVersionChangeEvent interface of the IndexedDB API indicates that the version of the database has changed, as the result of an onupgradeneeded event handler function.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

Constructor

IDBVersionChangeEvent(): Creates and returns a new IDBVersionChangeEvent object which is used to represent when a version of the database has changed.

Properties

Also inherits properties from its parent, Event interface.

IDBVersionChangeEvent.oldVersion Read only: Returns the old version of the database.
IDBVersionChangeEvent.newVersion Read only: Returns the new version of the database.

Deprecated properties

IDBVersionChangeEvent.version Read only: The new version of the database in a versionchange transaction.

Warning: While this property is still implemented in older browsers, the latest specification replaces it with the oldVersion and newVersion attributes. See the compatibility table to know what browsers support them.

Methods

No specific method, but inherits properties from its parent, Event interface.

In the following code snippet, we make a request to open a database, and include handlers for the success and error cases. Upon a version change (after an upgradeneeded event), the success event will implement the IDBVersionChangeEvent interface. For a full working example, see our To-do Notifications app (view example live.)

var note = document.querySelector("ul");

// In the following line, you should include the prefixes of implementations you want to test.
window.indexedDB = window.indexedDB || window.mozIndexedDB || window.webkitIndexedDB || window.msIndexedDB;
// DON'T use "var indexedDB = ..." if you're not in a function.
// Moreover, you may need references to some window.IDB* objects:
window.IDBTransaction = window.IDBTransaction || window.webkitIDBTransaction || window.msIDBTransaction;
window.IDBKeyRange = window.IDBKeyRange || window.webkitIDBKeyRange || window.msIDBKeyRange;
// (Mozilla has never prefixed these objects, so we don't need window.mozIDB*)

// Let us open version 4 of 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 += '<li>Error loading database.</li>';
};

DBOpenRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
  note.innerHTML += '<li>Database initialized.</li>';

  // store the result of opening the database in the db variable. This is used a lot later on, for opening transactions and suchlike.
  db = DBOpenRequest.result;
};

Specifications

Specification
Indexed Database API 3.0 # events

Browser compatibility

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