SQL-like? How about your use a real SQL used in SQLite, https://github.com/kripken/sql.js/
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SQLite compiled to JavaScript
The sql.js project has moved to https://github.com/sql-js/sql.js
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8 sourcesSql.js – SQLite Compiled to JavaScript Through Emscripten
9 points · Open discussionSQL.js – SQLite Compiled to JavaScript Through Emscripten
6 points · Open discussionRelated: SQL.js, which is sqlite compiled with emscripten
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In LokiJS – Lightweight JavaScript in-memory databasesql.js is 2 MB big (https://github.com/kripken/sql.js/blob/master/js/sql.js )
And it's an in-memory database, not like WebSQL. So one has to store the data (array) to localStorage
or rather IndexedDB (HTML 5 NoSQL storage). https://github.com/kripken/sql.js/wiki/Persisting-a-Modified...
So imagine a Firefox user:
He has to download an extra 2MB JS file, the huge file has to be run through asm.js JIT and the data is (for example) stored (offline mode) using IndexedDB. Firefox implements IndexedDB on top of SQLite.
A SQLite instance runs on top of an NoSQL engine on top of another SQLite instance - wtf!?
In The Multiple SQLite ProblemThe great thing is that we're on the verge of not needing Web SQL anymore. sql.js (https://github.com/kripken/sql.js) is SQLite compiled to JS (via Emscripten). It can do everything you'd normally do with SQLite. You can take the db and serialize it down into a format that can be stored in local storage, and rehydrate the DB from that when a user returns to your site.
The only thing preventing this from being practical is that sql.js weighs in at around 2MB. Still, there are caching mechanisms that could get around that issue.
I think it's fantastic that we've reached the point where we don't need databases baked into our browsers. All we need is fast JS engines (which we have) and a dumb data store (which we have), and we can provide our own client side databases.
In Web SQL Database: In MemoriamGreat. We would need a blog post that lands on the HN front page and some other HN readers that are equal minded. Or a contact to Mozilla devs.
There is also a similar one called SQL.js - SQLite compiled to JavaScript through Emscripten (probably a big library too): https://github.com/kripken/sql.js
In NoSQL No MoreNot supporting your pet feature != not supporting offline webapps. WebSQL is not even a standard.
Besides, if you want to use SQLite in the browser, you don't need WebSQL: https://github.com/kripken/sql.js
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