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From: Mohamed Mansour <m...@chromium.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:57:11 -0500
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Subject: Re: [crx] Re: HTML5 Databases for Options Pages and Content Scripts?
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Remember, if you created db within the content script, it would be the db
for that url page not the extension.  The best way to do what you want is do
what Colin recommended.


-Mohamed Mansour


On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM, steve_h <howarth.st...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I've played around with this a little. I found that I could create a
> database from the content script or the background script but they
> were mutually inaccessible, and the popup script could access neither
> - I wrongly assumed that the popup script would be able to share more
> with the background script than seems to be the case. At present my
> app uses messages from the content script to the background script and
> vice-versa because I plan to use (background-only) cross-site
> scripting to store/retrieve information on a central server (possibly
> a google app).  I would like the content script to provide summary
> information and maintenance functions ( delete old information - how
> big can a database be?).
>
> My (buggy) extension uses a database to cache comments and postings on
> a certain blog on which comments and posts frequently disappear
> without explanation; It  tries to restore and hilite disappeared
> comments (and, in the future, whole posts). I plan to extend it to
> allow the deletions to be shared with other users.   The source is
> available via a general intro here:
>
> http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=14;t=6551
> .
> I haven't added it to the google repository because it may be seen as
> a little bit "mean-spirited" there.
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Remember, if you created db within the content script, it =
would be the db for that url page not the extension. =A0The best way to do =
what you want is do what Colin recommended.<div><br></div><div><br></div><d=
iv>

-Mohamed Mansour<br>
<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 8:25 PM, steve_h=
 <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:howarth.st...@gmail.com">howarth.s=
t...@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

I&#39;ve played around with this a little. I found that I could create a<br=
>
database from the content script or the background script but they<br>
were mutually inaccessible, and the popup script could access neither<br>
- I wrongly assumed that the popup script would be able to share more<br>
with the background script than seems to be the case. At present my<br>
app uses messages from the content script to the background script and<br>
vice-versa because I plan to use (background-only) cross-site<br>
scripting to store/retrieve information on a central server (possibly<br>
a google app). =A0I would like the content script to provide summary<br>
information and maintenance functions ( delete old information - how<br>
big can a database be?).<br>
<br>
My (buggy) extension uses a database to cache comments and postings on<br>
a certain blog on which comments and posts frequently disappear<br>
without explanation; It =A0tries to restore and hilite disappeared<br>
comments (and, in the future, whole posts). I plan to extend it to<br>
allow the deletions to be shared with other users. =A0 The source is<br>
available via a general intro here:<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=
=3DST;f=3D14;t=3D6551" target=3D"_blank">http://www.antievolution.org/cgi-b=
in/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?act=3DST;f=3D14;t=3D6551</a>.<br>
I haven&#39;t added it to the google repository because it may be seen as<b=
r>
a little bit &quot;mean-spirited&quot; there.<br>
<div><div></div><div class=3D"h5"><br>
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