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I don't really care either way, my point is that they pushed out this announcement without any clear indication about handling data in apps. That might be intentional. IndexedDB is fine for certain apps but for more complex apps with non-trivial data relationships it doesn't work. I also don't care about WebSQL per se. The thing is that they didn't put a SQL database under the chrome APIs, like they have for chrome.storage. To me the whole thing is silly because iOS, Android, and WP8 provide SQLite natively and you can access it via Cordova.

This is not about WebSQL vs. IndexedDB, it's about Chrome Apps not having access to a SQL database. Btw Chrome itself supports WebSQL, but it was removed in Chrome Apps.

Packaged Chrome Apps: IndexedDB Cordova: anything that's supported - SQLite (not WebSQL), IndexedDB, w/e Packaged Chrome Apps + Cordova (the subject of this whole thread): ???




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