Re: [IndexedDB] Simultaneous setVersion from multiple pages

It's not a deadlock though.  Error codes are cheap.  Why not just create
another?

Also, for the record, I'm strongly against us allowing it to be possible for
IndexedDB to result in a deadlock.

J

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:57 PM, ben turner <bent.mozilla@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> While implementing the latest setVersion changes I came across this
> problem:
>
> Let's say that a site is open in two different windows and each
> decides to do a setVersion request at the same time. Only one of them
> can win, obviously, and the other must end up calling close() on
> itself or the setVersion transaction will never run (and all database
> activity will basically hang at that point).
>
> Jonas and I decided that this situation should result in the losing
> database's request having its error handler called with DEADLOCK_ERR.
> Does that sound reasonable to everyone?
>
> -Ben
>
>

Received on Thursday, 23 September 2010 09:48:51 UTC