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==History==

Support for IndexedDB was added to [[Firefox]] version 4,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.mozilla.org/en/IndexedDB |title=IndexedDB - MDC Doc Center |publisher=Developer.mozilla.org |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> [[Google Chrome]] version 11,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chromestatus.com/feature/6507459568992256|title=IndexedDB - Chrome Platform Status|website=IndexedDB - Chrome Platform Status|publisher=The Chromium Projects |date=2012-05-21 |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref> and [[Internet Explorer]] version 10.,<ref>{{citation |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh673548(v=vs.85).aspx |title=IndexedDB |publisher=MSDN |date=2012-03-14 |access-date=2012-05-24}}</ref> [[Safari (web browser)|Safari]] added support in version 8.,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://developer.apple.com/library/content/releasenotes/MacOSX/WhatsNewInOSX/Articles/MacOSX10_10.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014484-SW1|title=OS X Yosemite v10.10 {{section-sign}} App Features|publisher=Apple|website=Apple Developers|date=2017-07-09|access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref> and [[Microsoft Edge]] version 12.<ref name="caniuse-indexeddb">{{Cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/indexeddb|title=IndexedDB|website=Can I use...|date=n.d.|access-date=2021-05-16}}</ref>

[[Web SQL Database]] was a prior API developed by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Shankland|first=Stephen|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/consensus-emerges-for-key-web-app-standard/|title=Consensus emerges for key Web app standard &#124; Deep Tech - CNET News |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2010-03-12 |access-date=2011-02-18}}</ref> But Firefox refused to add support for it and argued against it becoming a standard because it would codify the quirks of [[SQLite]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://robert.ocallahan.org/2010/06/not-implementing-features-is-hard_03.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109032423/http://robert.ocallahan.org/2010/06/not-implementing-features-is-hard_03.html|title=Well, I'm Back: Not Implementing Features Is Hard|author-first=Robert|author-last=O'Callahan|publisher=Weblogs.mozillazine.org|date=2010-06-04|access-date=2011-02-18|archive-date=2021-01-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/06/beyond-html5-database-apis-and-the-road-to-indexeddb|title=Beyond HTML5: Database APIs and the Road to IndexedDB – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog|website=Mozilla Hacks – the Web developer blog}}</ref> It was thus [[deprecation|deprecated]] in favor of IndexedDB.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/220254/why-is-web-sql-database-deprecated|title=html5 - Why is Web SQL database deprecated?|website=Software Engineering Stack Exchange}}</ref>