IDBTransaction.mode

The mode read-only property of the IDBTransaction interface returns the current mode for accessing the data in the object stores in the scope of the transaction (i.e. is the mode to be read-only, or do you want to write to the object stores?) The default value is readonly.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

Syntax

var myCurrentMode = IDBTransaction.mode;

Value

An IDBTransactionMode object defining the mode for isolating access to data in the current object stores:

Value Explanation
readonly Allows data to be read but not changed.
readwrite Allows reading and writing of data in existing data stores to be changed.
versionchange Allows any operation to be performed, including ones that delete and create object stores and indexes. This mode is for updating the version number of transactions that were started using IDBDatabase.setVersion(). Transactions of this mode cannot run concurrently with other transactions. Transactions in this mode are known as "upgrade transactions."

Example

In the following code snippet, we open a read/write transaction on our database and add some data to an object store. Note also the functions attached to transaction event handlers to report on the outcome of the transaction opening in the event of success or failure. At the end, we simply log the mode of the current transaction using mode. For a full working example, see our To-do Notifications app (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 for being inserted 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 opening the transaction
  transaction.oncomplete = function(event) {
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Transaction completed: database modification finished.</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");
  // add our newItem object to the object store
  var objectStoreRequest = objectStore.add(newItem[0]);
  objectStoreRequest.onsuccess = function(event) {
    // report the success of the request (this does not mean the item
    // has been stored successfully in the DB - for that you need transaction.onsuccess)
    note.innerHTML += '<li>Request successful.</li>';
  };
  // Return the mode this transaction has been opened in (should be "readwrite" in this case)
  transaction.mode;
};

Specification

Specification Status Comment
Indexed Database API
The definition of 'mode' in that specification.
Recommendation  
Indexed Database API 2.0
The definition of 'mode' in that specification.
Editor's Draft  

Browser compatibility

Feature Chrome Edge Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
Basic support 23webkit
24 (unprefixed)
(Yes) 10 moz
16.0 (16.0)
10, partial 15 7.1
Available in workers (Yes) ? 37.0 (37.0) ? (Yes) ?
Indexed Database 2.0 58 ? ? ? 45 ?
Feature Android Webview Chrome for Android Edge Firefox Mobile (Gecko) Firefox OS IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
Basic support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes) 22.0 (22.0) 1.0.1 10 22 8
Available in workers (Yes) (Yes) ? 37.0 (37.0) (Yes) ? (Yes) ?
Indexed Database 2.0 58 58 ? ? ? ? 45 ?

See also

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