Web/API/IDBDatabase/onversionchange

The onversionchange event handler of the IDBDatabase interface handles the versionchange event, fired when a database structure change (IDBOpenDBRequest.onupgradeneeded event or IDBFactory.deleteDatabase) was requested elsewhere (most probably in another window/tab on the same computer).

This is different from the versionchange transaction (but it is related).

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

IDBDatabase.onversionchange = function(event) { ... }

Example

This example shows an IDBOpenDBRequest.onupgradeneeded block that creates a new object store; it also includes onerror and onabort functions to handle non-success cases, and an onversionchange function to notify when a database structure change has occurred.

request.onupgradeneeded = function(event) {
  var db = event.target.result;
    
  db.onerror = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Error opening database.</li>';
  };

  db.onabort = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Database opening aborted!</li>';
  };

  // Create an objectStore for this database
    
  var 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 });

  objectStore.createIndex("notified", "notified", { unique: false });
    
  note.innerHTML += '<li>Object store created.</li>';
    
  db.onversionchange = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '<li>a database change has occurred; you should refresh this
                       browser window, or close it down and use the other open version of
                       this application, wherever it exists.</li>';
  };
};

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Indexed Database API 2.0The definition of 'onversionchange' in that specification.	Recommendation
Indexed Database API DraftThe definition of 'onversionchange' in that specification.	Recommendation

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`onversionchange`	Chrome Full support 24 Full support 24 No support 23 — 24 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support 16 Full support 16 No support 10 — 16 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: moz	IE Partial support 10	Opera Full support 15	Safari Full support 7	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support 25	Firefox Android Full support 22	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5

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Partial support: Partial support
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