Re: [IndexedDB] Behavior of IDBObjectStore.get() and IDBObjectStore.delete() when record doesn't exist

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+1 from me. The purpose of undefined in JavaScript is to represent the
value of a non-existent key, it fits perfectly with get() for a key
that doesn't exist. This is exactly how property access works with
JavaScript objects, so it is consistent and easy to understand for
developers.
Kris

On 11/8/2010 9:24 AM, Jonas Sicking wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> One of the things we discussed at TPAC was the fact that
> IDBObjectStore.get() and IDBObjectStore.delete() currently fire an
> error event if no record with the supplied key exists.
>
> Especially for .delete() this seems suboptimal as the author
> wanted the entry with the given key removed anyway. A better
> alternative here seems to be to "return" (through a success event)
> true or false to indicate if a record was actually removed.
>
> For IDBObjectStore.get() it also seems like it will create an
> error event in situations which aren't unexpected at all. For
> example checking for the existence of certain information, or
> getting information if it's there, but using some type of default
> if it's not. An obvious choice here is to simply "return" (through
> a success event) undefined if no entry is found. The downside with
> this is that you can't tell the lack of an entry apart from an
> entry stored with the value undefined.
>
> However it seemed more rare to want to tell those apart (you can
> generally store something other than undefined), than to end up in
> situations where you'd want to get() something which possibly
> didn't exist. Additionally, you can still use openCursor() to tell
> the two apart if really desired.
>
> I've for now checked in this change [1], but please speak up if
> you think this is a bad idea for whatever reason.
>
> [1] http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/IndexedDB/rev/aa86fe36c96e
>
> / Jonas
>

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