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IDBDatabase: name property

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The name read-only property of the IDBDatabase interface is a string that contains the name of the connected database.

Value

A string containing the name of the connected database.

Examples

This example shows a database connection being opened, the resulting {{domxref("IDBDatabase")}} object being stored in a db variable, and the name property then being logged. For a full example, see our To-do Notifications app (view example live).

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

// these two event handlers act on the database being
// opened successfully, or not
DBOpenRequest.onerror = (event) => {
  note.appendChild(document.createElement("li")).textContent =
    "Error loading database.";
};

DBOpenRequest.onsuccess = (event) => {
  note.appendChild(document.createElement("li")).textContent =
    "Database initialized.";

  // store the result of opening the database in the db variable. This is used a lot below
  db = DBOpenRequest.result;

  // This line will log the name of the database, which should be "toDoList"
  console.log(db.name);
};

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

  • Using IndexedDB
  • Starting transactions: {{domxref("IDBDatabase")}}
  • Using transactions: {{domxref("IDBTransaction")}}
  • Setting a range of keys: {{domxref("IDBKeyRange")}}
  • Retrieving and making changes to your data: {{domxref("IDBObjectStore")}}
  • Using cursors: {{domxref("IDBCursor")}}
  • Reference example: To-do Notifications (View the example live).