Re: IndexedDB: Retrieving a slice of a record value.

On Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:28:07 +0200, Joran Greef <joran@ronomon.com> wrote:

> It would be great if there was a way to use IndexedDB to get just a
> slice of a record value, not the entire value.
> For example, when storing many large binary values, there may be
> useful meta or header info at the start or end of each value, which
> could be retrieved directly.
> It would be a waste to have to store this data twice, or to read the
> entire value.

Do the split beforehand, and store it in two?

Instead of:

     { myblob: HHBBBBBBBBBBB }

You'd do:

     { myheader: HH, myblob: BBBBBBBBBBBB }

And just stitch it together again when you need to feed it somewhere.

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Received on Tuesday, 17 April 2012 11:37:31 UTC