[whatwg] Database API feedback - opening an unversioned database with a version

[Chris Prince]

I think the spec is technically correct.  What's confusing is that the
same line can mean two different things:

// Start with no databases.

// On the 1st call, this line means "create a database,
// and set the version string to the empty string".
var db1 = window.openDatabase("foo", "", "", "");

// On the 2nd call, the meaning has changed to
// "open the 'foo' database, regardless of the version string".
var db2 = window.openDatabase("foo", "", "", "");


On Mon, May 26, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Aaron Boodman <aa at google.com> wrote:
> Quick thing. I don't think the spec makes it clear whether it is
> allowed to do this:
>
> var db1 = window.openDatabase("foo", "", "", "");
> var db2 = window.openDatabase("foo", "1", "", "");
>
> I think the answer should be "no". Thoughts?
>
> If so, perhaps edit this sentence:
>
> If the database version provided is not the empty string, and the
> database already exists but has a different version, then the method
> must raise an INVALID_STATE_ERR exception.
>
> To read like this:
>
> If the database version provided is not the empty string, and the
> database already exists but has a different version, or no version,
> then the method must raise an INVALID_STATE_ERR exception.
>
> - a
>