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IDBDatabase: close() method

The close() method of the IDBDatabase interface returns immediately and closes the connection in a separate thread.

The connection is not actually closed until all transactions created using this connection are complete. No new transactions can be created for this connection once this method is called. Methods that create transactions throw an exception if a closing operation is pending.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers

Syntax

js

close()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js

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

// Create event handlers for both success and failure of
DBOpenRequest.onerror = (event) => {
  note.innerHTML += "<li>Error loading database.</li>";
};

DBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => {
  note.innerHTML += "<li>Database initialized.</li>";

  // store the result of opening the database in the db variable.
  db = DBOpenRequest.result;

  // now let's close the database again!
  db.close();
};

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
close 23 12 10 10 15 8 4.4 25 22 14 8 1.5

See also

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/IDBDatabase/close