Web/API/IDBObjectStore/name

The name property of the IDBObjectStore interface indicates the name of this object store.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

IDBObjectStore.name = myNewName;
var myObjectStoreName = IDBObjectStore.name;

Value

A DOMString containing the object store's name.

Exceptions

There are a several exceptions which can occur when you attempt to change an object store's name.

InvalidStateError: Either the object store has been deleted or the current transaction is not an upgrade transaction; you can only rename indexes during upgrade transactions; that is, when the mode is "versionchange".
TransactionInactiveError: The current transaction is not active.
ConstraintError: An object store is already using the specified name.

Example

In the following code snippet, we open a read/write transaction on our database and add some data to an object store using add(). After the object store has been created, we log objectStore.name to the console. For a full working example, see our To-do Notifications app ([[../../../../../../../mdn.github.io/to-do-notifications/index|view example live]].)

// Let us open our database
var DBOpenRequest = window.indexedDB.open("toDoList", 4);

DBOpenRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
  note.innerHTML += '<li>Database initialised.</li>';
    
  // store the result of opening the database in the db variable.
  // This is used a lot below
  db = DBOpenRequest.result;
    
  // Run the addData() function to add the data to the database
  addData();
};

function addData() {
  // Create a new object ready to insert into the IDB
  var newItem = [ { taskTitle: "Walk dog", hours: 19, minutes: 30, day: 24, month: "December", year: 2013, notified: "no" } ];

  // open a read/write db transaction, ready for adding the data
  var transaction = db.transaction(["toDoList"], "readwrite");

  // report on the success of the transaction completing, when everything is done
  transaction.oncomplete = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Transaction completed.</li>';
  };

  transaction.onerror = function(event) {
  note.innerHTML += '<li>Transaction not opened due to error. Duplicate items not allowed.</li>';
  };

  // create an object store on the transaction
  var objectStore = transaction.objectStore("toDoList");
  console.log(objectStore.name);

  // Make a request to add our newItem object to the object store
  var objectStoreRequest = objectStore.add(newItem[0]);

  objectStoreRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
    // report the success of our request
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Request successful.</li>';
  };
};

Specification

Specification	Status	Comment
Indexed Database API 2.0The definition of 'name' in that specification.	Recommendation
Indexed Database API DraftThe definition of 'name' 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
`name`	Chrome Full support 24 Full support 24 No support 23 — 57 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 Full support Yes No support ? — 57 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Chrome Android Full support 25 Full support 25 No support 25 — 57 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit	Firefox Android Full support 22	Opera Android Full support 14	Safari iOS Full support 8	Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.5 Full support 1.5 No support 1.5 — 7.0 Prefixed' Prefixed' Implemented with the vendor prefix: webkit
Renaming through `name` setter	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 49	IE ?	Opera Full support Yes	Safari ?	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 49	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes

Legend

Full support: Full support
Partial support: Partial support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.': Requires a vendor prefix or different name for use.