The error
event is fired on IDBTransaction
when a request returns an error and the event bubbles up to the transaction object.
Bubbles | Yes |
---|---|
Cancelable | No |
Interface | Event |
Event handler property | onerror |
Examples
This example opens a database and tries to add a record, listening for the error
event for the add()
operation (this will occur if, for example, a record with the given taskTitle
already exists):
// Open the database const dBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open('toDoList', 4); dBOpenRequest.onupgradeneeded = (event) => { const db = event.target.result; // Create an objectStore for this database const 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 }); }; dBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => { const db = dBOpenRequest.result; // open a read/write db transaction, ready for adding the data const transaction = db.transaction(['toDoList'], 'readwrite'); transaction.addEventListener('error', () => { console.log(`Error adding new item: ${newItem.taskTitle}`); }); const objectStore = transaction.objectStore('toDoList'); const newItem = { taskTitle: 'my task', hours: 10, minutes: 10, day: 10, month: 'January', year: 2020 }; const objectStoreRequest = objectStore.add(newItem); };
The same example, using the onerror
property instead of addEventListener()
:
// Open the database const dBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open('toDoList', 4); dBOpenRequest.onupgradeneeded = (event) => { const db = event.target.result; // Create an objectStore for this database const 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 }); }; dBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => { const db = dBOpenRequest.result; // open a read/write db transaction, ready for adding the data const transaction = db.transaction(['toDoList'], 'readwrite'); transaction.onerror = () => { console.log(`Error adding new item: ${newItem.taskTitle}`); }; const objectStore = transaction.objectStore('toDoList'); const newItem = { taskTitle: 'my task', hours: 10, minutes: 10, day: 10, month: 'January', year: 2020 }; const objectStoreRequest = objectStore.add(newItem); };
Browser compatibility
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Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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error event | Chrome
Full support
24
| Edge Full support 12 | Firefox
Full support
16
| IE Partial support 10 | Opera Full support 15 | Safari Full support 7 | WebView Android Full support Yes | Chrome Android Full support Yes | Firefox Android Full support 22 | Opera Android Full support 14 | Safari iOS Full support 8 | Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Partial support
- Partial support
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
- Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.
See also
- Using IndexedDB
onerror
event handler property