RESOLVED INVALID 25886
No way to store File objects locally 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25886
Summary No way to store File objects locally
Eric Seidel (no email)
Reported 2009-05-20 00:41:14 PDT
No way to store File objects locally If you try using Database, it will just store the string "[File Object]". At least that's what I've been told (and looks like what it will do in JSSQLTransactionCustom.cpp: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/WebCore/bindings/js/JSSQLTransactionCustom.cpp#L77 This is a blocking bug for applications like Gmail to move off gears (which they would like to do!). They need a way to store files that someone attaches to an email during offline mode, so they can upload them to the server when you come back online.
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Eric Seidel (no email)
Comment 1 2009-05-20 00:44:15 PDT
Alexey suggests that it also makes sense to be able to fetch files out of a Database as some sort of data: url. So you can store images in the Database and display them later. I think that's most easily answered by adding some sort of File::toDataURL() function (which probably should take an encoding). I'll file that as a separate bug.
Anne van Kesteren
Comment 2 2023-08-23 07:43:30 PDT
This bug has clearly been overtaken by events.
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