Packageflash.data
Classpublic class SQLConnection
InheritanceSQLConnection Inheritance EventDispatcher Inheritance Object

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

A SQLConnection instance is used to manage the creation of and connection to local SQL database files (local databases).

The functionality of the SQLConnection class falls into several categories:

A SQLConnection instance operates in one of two distinct execution modes: asynchronous and synchronous. To use synchronous execution, you use the open() method to connect to the main database for the SQLConnection instance. To use asynchronous execution, use the openAsync() method to connect to the main database for the instance.

When you're using asynchronous execution, you use event listeners or a Responder instance to determine when an operation completes or fails. The operations run in the background rather than in the main application thread, so the application continues to run and respond to user interaction even while the database operations are being performed. Each asynchronous SQLConnection instance executes SQL statements in its own thread.

In asynchronous execution mode, you begin a specific operation by calling the appropriate method, and you can detect the completion (or failure) of the operation by registering a listener for the appropriate event. Each operation has an associated event that is dispatched when the operation completes successfully; for example, when an openAsync() method call completes successfully (when the database connection is opened) the open event is dispatched. When any operation fails, an error event is dispatched. The SQLError instance in the SQLErrorEvent object's error property contains information about the specific error, including the operation that was being attempted and the reason the operation failed.

When you're using synchronous execution, you do not need to register event listeners to determine when an operation completes or fails. To identify errors, enclose the error-throwing statements in a try..catch block. Because synchronous operations execute in the main execution thread, all application functionality (including refreshing the screen and allowing mouse and keyboard interaction) is paused while the database operation or operations are performed. For long-running operations this can cause a noticeable pause in the application.

See also

flash.data.SQLStatement
flash.events.SQLEvent
flash.events.SQLErrorEvent
flash.errors.SQLError
Quick Start: Working asynchronously with a local SQL database (Flex)
Quick Start: Working asynchronously with a local SQL database (Flash)
Quick Start: Working asynchronously with a local SQL database (HTML)
Quick Start: Working synchronously with a local SQL database (Flex)
Quick Start: Working synchronously with a local SQL database (Flash)
Quick Start: Working synchronously with a local SQL database (HTML)


Public Properties
 PropertyDefined by
  autoCompact : Boolean
[read-only] Indicates whether autocompacting was enabled when the current database was originally created (the value that was specified for the autoCompact parameter in the open() or openAsync() call that created the database).
SQLConnection
  cacheSize : uint
Provides access to the cache size for this connection, which represents the maximum number of database disk pages that are held in memory at one time.
SQLConnection
  columnNameStyle : String
Indicates how column names are reported in the result of a SELECT statement.
SQLConnection
  connected : Boolean
[read-only] Indicates whether the SQLConnection instance has an open connection to a database file.
SQLConnection
 Inheritedconstructor : Object
A reference to the class object or constructor function for a given object instance.
Object
  inTransaction : Boolean
[read-only] Indicates whether this connection is currently involved in a transaction.
SQLConnection
  isSupported : Boolean
[static][read-only] Indicates whether SQLConnection class is supported on the current platform or not.
SQLConnection
  lastInsertRowID : Number
[read-only] The last generated row identifier created by a SQL INSERT statement.
SQLConnection
  pageSize : uint
[read-only] Indicates the database page size (in bytes) that was specified when the current database was originally created (the value that was specified for the pageSize parameter in the open() or openAsync() call that created the database).
SQLConnection
 Inheritedprototype : Object
[static] A reference to the prototype object of a class or function object.
Object
  totalChanges : Number
[read-only] Contains the total number of data changes that have been made since the connection to the database was opened.
SQLConnection
Public Methods
 MethodDefined by
  
Creates a SQLConnection instance.
SQLConnection
  
addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void
Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event.
SQLConnection
  
analyze(resourceName:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void
Gathers statistics about database indices and stores them in the database.
SQLConnection
  
attach(name:String, reference:Object = null, responder:Responder = null, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void
Adds another database to the SQLConnection instance, giving the new database the specified name.
SQLConnection
  
begin(option:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void
Begins a transaction within which all SQL statements executed against the connection's database or databases are grouped.
SQLConnection
  
cancel(responder:Responder = null):void
Aborts all SQL statements that are currently executing on databases connected to the SQLConnection instance.
SQLConnection
  
close(responder:Responder = null):void
Closes the current database connection.
SQLConnection
  
commit(responder:Responder = null):void
Commits an existing transaction, causing any actions performed by the transaction's statements to be permanently applied to the database.
SQLConnection
  
compact(responder:Responder = null):void
Reclaims all unused space in the database.
SQLConnection
  
deanalyze(responder:Responder = null):void
Removes all statistical information created by a call to the analyze() method.
SQLConnection
  
detach(name:String, responder:Responder = null):void
Detaches an additional database previously attached to the SQLConnection instance using the attach() method.
SQLConnection
 Inherited
Dispatches an event into the event flow.
EventDispatcher
  
Provides access to the result of a call to the loadSchema() method.
SQLConnection
 Inherited
Checks whether the EventDispatcher object has any listeners registered for a specific type of event.
EventDispatcher
 Inherited
Indicates whether an object has a specified property defined.
Object
 Inherited
Indicates whether an instance of the Object class is in the prototype chain of the object specified as the parameter.
Object
  
loadSchema(type:Class = null, name:String = null, database:String = "main", includeColumnSchema:Boolean = true, responder:Responder = null):void
Loads schema information from the connected database or any attached databases.
SQLConnection
  
open(reference:Object = null, openMode:String = "create", autoCompact:Boolean = false, pageSize:int = 1024, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void
Opens a synchronous connection to the database file at the specified location in the file system, or creates and opens a new database file at the location, or creates and opens an in-memory database.
SQLConnection
  
openAsync(reference:Object = null, openMode:String = "create", responder:Responder = null, autoCompact:Boolean = false, pageSize:int = 1024, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void
Opens an asynchronous connection to the database file at the specified location in the file system, or creates and opens a new database file at the location, or creates and opens an in-memory database.
SQLConnection
 Inherited
Indicates whether the specified property exists and is enumerable.
Object
  
reencrypt(newEncryptionKey:ByteArray, responder:Responder = null):void
Changes the encryption key of an encrypted database.
SQLConnection
  
releaseSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void
This method commits the SQL operations made since the most recent savepoint or the named savepoint if a name is specified.
SQLConnection
  
removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void
Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object.
SQLConnection
  
rollback(responder:Responder = null):void
Rolls back an existing transaction created using the begin() method, meaning all changes made by any SQL statements in the transaction are discarded.
SQLConnection
  
rollbackToSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void
Rolls back any SQL operations since the most recent savepoint or the named savepoint if a name is specified.
SQLConnection
 Inherited
Sets the availability of a dynamic property for loop operations.
Object
  
setSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void
Creates a savepoint, which is like a bookmark within a database transaction.
SQLConnection
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of this object, formatted according to locale-specific conventions.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the string representation of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Returns the primitive value of the specified object.
Object
 Inherited
Checks whether an event listener is registered with this EventDispatcher object or any of its ancestors for the specified event type.
EventDispatcher
Events
 EventSummaryDefined by
 Inherited [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application gains operating system focus and becomes active.EventDispatcher
   Dispatched when an analyze() operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when an attach() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a begin() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a cancel() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a close() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a commit() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a compact() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
 Inherited [broadcast event] Dispatched when the Flash Player or AIR application operating loses system focus and is becoming inactive.EventDispatcher
   Dispatched when a deanalyze() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL DELETE command.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a detach() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when any of the SQLConnection object's asynchronous operations results in an error.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL INSERT command.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when an openAsync() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a reencrypt() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a releaseSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a rollback() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a rollbackToSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a loadSchema() method call's operation completes successfully and the schema results are ready.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when a setSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.SQLConnection
   Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL UPDATE command.SQLConnection
Property detail
autoCompactproperty
autoCompact:Boolean  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Indicates whether autocompacting was enabled when the current database was originally created (the value that was specified for the autoCompact parameter in the open() or openAsync() call that created the database). If this property is true, unused space is removed from the database file automatically after each write operation, keeping the database file smaller. If the property is false, the space previously occupied by removed data is left in the database file and reused when needed. Even when autoCompact is false, you can force the database to reclaim unused space by calling the compact() method.

If the connected property is false, this property is set to false.

Implementation
    public function get autoCompact():Boolean

See also

cacheSizeproperty 
cacheSize:uint  [read-write]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Provides access to the cache size for this connection, which represents the maximum number of database disk pages that are held in memory at one time. Each page uses about 1.5 KB of memory (depending on the value specified for the pageSize parameter of the open() or openAsync() method call that created the database). The default cache size is 2000. If an application is executing UPDATE or DELETE operations that change many rows of a database, increasing the cache size can improve speed at the cost of increased memory consumption.

Implementation
    public function get cacheSize():uint
    public function set cacheSize(value:uint):void

Throws
Error — When an attempt is made to set this property while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if a transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is true).

See also

columnNameStyleproperty 
columnNameStyle:String  [read-write]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Indicates how column names are reported in the result of a SELECT statement.

The constants defined in the SQLColumnNameStyle class represent the possible values for this property:

Implementation
    public function get columnNameStyle():String
    public function set columnNameStyle(value:String):void

Throws
Error — When an attempt is made to set this property while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).

See also

connectedproperty 
connected:Boolean  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Indicates whether the SQLConnection instance has an open connection to a database file.

Implementation
    public function get connected():Boolean

See also

inTransactionproperty 
inTransaction:Boolean  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Indicates whether this connection is currently involved in a transaction.

Implementation
    public function get inTransaction():Boolean

See also

isSupportedproperty 
isSupported:Boolean  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 3.4

Indicates whether SQLConnection class is supported on the current platform or not.

Implementation
    public static function get isSupported():Boolean
lastInsertRowIDproperty 
lastInsertRowID:Number  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

The last generated row identifier created by a SQL INSERT statement. A row identifier is used to uniquely identify a row in a table within the database. The value is frequently generated by the database.

The value is zero if no database is connected or no INSERT statement has been executed.

The row identifier for a single SQL INSERT statement execution can be obtained through the lastInsertRowID property of the SQLResult object returned by the SQLStatement object's getResult() method (when called after the SQLStatement dispatches its result event).

For more information on primary keys and generated row identifiers, see the "CREATE TABLE" and "Expressions" sections in the appendix "SQL support in local databases."

Implementation
    public function get lastInsertRowID():Number

See also

pageSizeproperty 
pageSize:uint  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Indicates the database page size (in bytes) that was specified when the current database was originally created (the value that was specified for the pageSize parameter in the open() or openAsync() call that created the database).

If the connected property is false, this property's value is 0.

The page size for a database can be changed (using the open() or openAsync() methods) until the first table is created in the database.

Implementation
    public function get pageSize():uint

See also

totalChangesproperty 
totalChanges:Number  [read-only]

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Contains the total number of data changes that have been made since the connection to the database was opened. In addition to tracking changes made by INSERT, DELETE, and UPDATE statements, this value includes changes caused by triggers.

When the database connection is closed, the value is reset to 0. When the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database, the value is 0.

Implementation
    public function get totalChanges():Number

See also

Constructor detail
SQLConnection()constructor
public function SQLConnection()

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Creates a SQLConnection instance.


Throws
SecurityError — if constructor is called from any sandbox outside of the main application sandbox.
Method detail
addEventListener()method
public override function addEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false, priority:int = 0, useWeakReference:Boolean = false):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Registers an event listener object with an EventDispatcher object so that the listener receives notification of an event. You can register event listeners on all nodes in the display list for a specific type of event, phase, and priority.

JavaScript code in the AIR runtime uses this method to register event listeners for events defined by the AIR APIs. For other JavaScript events (such as the onload event of the DOM body object), you can use standard event handling techniques, as you would for content running in the browser.

After you successfully register an event listener, you cannot change its priority through additional calls to addEventListener(). To change a listener's priority, you must first call removeListener(). Then you can register the listener again with the new priority level.

Keep in mind that after the listener is registered, subsequent calls to addEventListener() with a different type or useCapture value result in the creation of a separate listener registration. For example, if you first register a listener with useCapture set to true, it listens only during the capture phase. If you call addEventListener() again using the same listener object, but with useCapture set to false, you have two separate listeners: one that listens during the capture phase and another that listens during the target and bubbling phases.

You cannot register an event listener for only the target phase or the bubbling phase. Those phases are coupled during registration because bubbling applies only to the ancestors of the target node.

If you no longer need an event listener, remove it by calling removeEventListener(), or memory problems could result. Event listeners are not automatically removed from memory because the garbage collector does not remove the listener as long as the dispatching object exists (unless the useWeakReference parameter is set to true).

Copying an EventDispatcher instance does not copy the event listeners attached to it. (If your newly created node needs an event listener, you must attach the listener after creating the node.) However, if you move an EventDispatcher instance, the event listeners attached to it move along with it.

If the event listener is being registered on a node while an event is being processed on this node, the event listener is not triggered during the current phase but can be triggered during a later phase in the event flow, such as the bubbling phase.

If an event listener is removed from a node while an event is being processed on the node, it is still triggered by the current actions. After it is removed, the event listener is never invoked again (unless registered again for future processing).

Parameters
type:String — The type of event.
 
listener:Function — The listener function that processes the event. This function must accept an Event object as its only parameter and must return nothing, as this example shows: .
function(evt:Event):void

The function can have any name.

 
useCapture:Boolean (default = false)This parameter applies to display objects in the ActionScript 3.0 display list architecture, used by SWF content. Determines whether the listener works in the capture phase or the target and bubbling phases. If useCapture is set to true, the listener processes the event only during the capture phase and not in the target or bubbling phase. If useCapture is false, the listener processes the event only during the target or bubbling phase. To listen for the event in all three phases, call addEventListener twice, once with useCapture set to true, then again with useCapture set to false.
 
priority:int (default = 0) — The priority level of the event listener. The priority is designated by a signed 32-bit integer. The higher the number, the higher the priority. All listeners with priority n are processed before listeners of priority n-1. If two or more listeners share the same priority, they are processed in the order in which they were added. The default priority is 0.
 
useWeakReference:Boolean (default = false) — Determines whether the reference to the listener is strong or weak. A strong reference (the default) prevents your listener from being garbage-collected. A weak reference does not.

Class-level member functions are not subject to garbage collection, so you can set useWeakReference to true for class-level member functions without subjecting them to garbage collection. If you set useWeakReference to true for a listener that is a nested inner function, the function will be garbage-collected and no longer persistent. If you create references to the inner function (save it in another variable) then it is not garbage-collected and stays persistent.

analyze()method 
public function analyze(resourceName:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Gathers statistics about database indices and stores them in the database. These statistics can then be used by the query optimizer (the portion of the database engine that determines the most efficient way to execute each statement). The statistics help the query optimizer make better choices about which index or indices to use when executing a particular query.

If a database has indices defined, but the analyze() method hasn't been called, the runtime still uses those indices to execute statements. However, without the additional statistical information generated by the analyze() method, the runtime may not choose the most efficient index for a particular query.

When a table's data changes (as a result of INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statements) the indices associated with that table change as well. The statistical information generated by analyze() is not automatically updated. Consequently, after a large number of data changes, calling the analyze() method again might be beneficial. However, the benefit obtained from calling analyze() again depends on several factors, including the number of indices defined on a table, the relationship between the number of changed rows and the total number of rows in the table, how much variation there is in the table's indexed data, and how different the changed data is from the prechange data.

The resourceName parameter indicates whether the operation is performed on the indices of all attached databases, a specific database, or a specific table.

Each time this method is called, any previously created statistical data is purged and recreated for the database or table specified in the resourceName parameter (or all tables in all connected databases if resourceName is null). This method can be called at any time while a database connection is open. The analyze() operation and its statistical data are not included in a transaction; however, it is best not to call analyze() when the database has a current transaction (the inTransaction property is true). This is because any data, table schema, or index changes that have been executed in the transaction but not yet committed are not taken into account by the analyze() call, and the analyze() data is out of date as soon as the transaction is committed.

To remove the statistical data created with the analyze() method, use the deanalyze() method.

Parameters
resourceName:String (default = null) — The name of the database or table whose indices are to be analyzed. If the specified resource is a table whose name is unique among all the attached databases, only the table name needs to be specified. However, a table name can be specified in the form [database-name].[table-name] to prevent ambiguity when the table name is not unique. If the resourceName parameter is null (the default), all the indices in all attached databases are analyzed.
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null an analyze or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
analyze:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — When this method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
SQLError — if the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

attach()method 
public function attach(name:String, reference:Object = null, responder:Responder = null, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Adds another database to the SQLConnection instance, giving the new database the specified name. Attaching a database allows that database to be used in SQL statements executed against this SQLConnection instance.

If a database is already attached using the specified name, calling attach() results in an error. However, the same database may be attached multiple times using unique names. Only ten databases can be attached to a single SQLConnection instance.

Any SQL statement can be executed on a database connected using attach() that can be executed on the main database (the database connected using open() or openAsync()). A SQL statement can access tables in any of the databases attached to the statement's associated SQLConnection instance, including accessing tables from multiple databases in a single statement. When the runtime is resolving table names in a statement, it searches through the SQLConnection instance's databases in the order in which the databases were attached, starting with the database that was connected using the open() or openAsync() method. Use the database name (as specified in the attach() method's name parameter) in the statement to explicitly qualify a table name.

To remove a database attached using the attach() method, use the detach() method. When the SQLConnection instance is closed (by calling the close() method), all attached databases are detached.

The attached database uses the same execution mode (synchronous or asynchronous) as the main database, depending on whether the main database was connected using the open() method or the openAsync() method.

Parameters
name:String — The name that is used to identify the newly attached database. This name can be used in SQL statements to explicitly indicate that a table belongs to the specified database, when using the format [database-name].[table-name]. The names "main" and "temp" are reserved and cannot be used.
 
reference:Object (default = null) — A reference to the database file to attach (a flash.filesystem.File instance). If the reference refers to a file that doesn't exist, either a new database file is created or an error is thrown according to the value that was specified for the openMode parameter in the open() or openAsync() call that connected the main database.

If the parameter's value is null, an in-memory database is created and attached.

 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null an attach or error event is dispatched when execution completes.
 
encryptionKey:ByteArray (default = null) — The encryption key for the database file. If the attach() call creates a database, the database is encrypted and the specified key is used as the encryption key for the database. If the call attaches an existing encrypted database, the value must match the database's encryption key or an error occurs. If the database being attached is not encrypted, or to create an unencrypted database, the value must be null (the default).

A valid encryption key is 16 bytes long. An in-memory database cannot be encrypted, so this parameter must be null when the reference parameter's value is null.

When attaching an encrypted database, if the encryption key provided doesn't match the database's encryption key, an exception occurs. In synchronous execution mode, a SQLError exception is thrown. In asynchronous execution mode, a SQLErrorEvent is dispatched, and the event object's error property contains a SQLError instance. In either case, the SQLError object's errorID property is 3138 ("File opened is not a database file").

The encryptionKey parameter is available starting with AIR 1.5.


Events
attach:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
ArgumentError — When the name parameter is an empty string ("") or null
 
ArgumentError — When the value specified for the reference parameter is not a flash.filesystem.File instance
 
ArgumentError — When the encryptionKey argument is not null and its length is not 16 bytes
 
ArgumentError — When the reference parameter is null and the encryptionKey argument is not null
 
Error — When the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if a transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is true).
 
SQLError — if the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

begin()method 
public function begin(option:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Begins a transaction within which all SQL statements executed against the connection's database or databases are grouped.

By default, each SQL statement is executed within its own transaction, and the transaction ends when the statement's execution succeeds or fails. Creating a transaction using the begin() method causes a new, manual transaction to be created. From that point on, all SQL statements executed against the SQLConnection instance take place within the transaction, and any actions or modifications performed by the statements can be committed (made permanent) or rolled back (undone) as a group.

To end a transaction, call the commit() or rollback() method, depending on whether the changes made by the transactions' statements are to be made permanent or discarded.

Nested calls to begin() are ignored. You can create savepoints, which are like bookmarks within a transaction, by calling the setSavepoint() method. You can then partially commit or roll back SQL statements by calling the releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() methods. However, if a transaction is started by calling begin(), changes are not permanently committed to the database until the commit() method is called.

If the database connection closes while a transaction is currently open, AIR rolls back the transaction automatically. (Note: for AIR 1.1 and previous versions, an open transaction is automatically committed when a connection closes.)

A transaction is not limited to statement executions in a single database; it can include statements executed on different attached databases.

Parameters
option:String (default = null) — Indicates the locking strategy that is used by the transaction. The value can be one of the constants defined in the SQLTransactionLockType class:
  • SQLTransactionLockType.DEFERRED indicates that a lock is not acquired until the first read or write operation.
  • SQLTransactionLockType.EXCLUSIVE indicates that a lock is acquired as soon as possible, and no other SQLConnection instance can read from or write to the database.
  • SQLTransactionLockType.IMMEDIATE indicates that a lock is acquired as soon as possible, in which other SQLConnection instances can read from but can't write to the database.

The default value (null) is equivalent to SQLTransactionLockType.DEFERRED.

 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a begin or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
begin:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — When this method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
ArgumentError — If the option specified is not one of the SQLTransactionLockType constants.
 
SQLError — if the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also


Example
The following example demonstrates executing multiple SQL INSERT statements within a transaction. First a row is added to the "employees" table. Next the primary key of the newly inserted row is retrieved, and used to add a row to the related "phoneNumbers" table.
package
{
    import flash.data.SQLConnection;
	import flash.data.SQLResult;
	import flash.data.SQLStatement;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.events.SQLErrorEvent;
	import flash.events.SQLEvent;
	import flash.filesystem.File;
	
	public class MultiInsertTransactionExample extends Sprite
	{
		private var conn:SQLConnection;
		private var insertEmployee:SQLStatement;
		private var insertPhoneNumber:SQLStatement;
		
		public function MultiInsertTransactionExample():void
		{
			// define where to find the database file
			var appStorage:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory;
			var dbFile:File = appStorage.resolvePath("ExampleDatabase.db");
			
			// open the database connection
			conn = new SQLConnection();
			conn.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.OPEN, openHandler);
			conn.openAsync(dbFile);
		}
		
		// Called when the database is connected
		private function openHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.OPEN, openHandler);
			
			// start a transaction
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.BEGIN, beginHandler);
			conn.begin();
		}
		
		// Called when the transaction begins
		private function beginHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.BEGIN, beginHandler);
			
			// create and execute the first SQL statement:
			// insert an employee record
			insertEmployee = new SQLStatement();
			insertEmployee.sqlConnection = conn;
			insertEmployee.text = 
				"INSERT INTO employees (lastName, firstName, email) " + 
				"VALUES (:lastName, :firstName, :email, :birthday)";
			insertEmployee.parameters[":lastName"] = "Smith";
			insertEmployee.parameters[":firstName"] = "Bob";
			insertEmployee.parameters[":email"] = "bsmith@example.com";
			insertEmployee.parameters[":birthday"] = new Date(1971, 8, 12);
			
			insertEmployee.addEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, insertEmployeeHandler);
			insertEmployee.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			insertEmployee.execute();
		}
		
		// Called after the employee record is inserted
		private function insertEmployeeHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			insertEmployee.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, insertEmployeeHandler);
			insertEmployee.removeEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			// Get the employee id of the newly created employee row
			var result:SQLResult = insertEmployee.getResult();
			var employeeId:Number = result.lastInsertRowID;
			
			// Add a phone number to the related phoneNumbers table
			insertPhoneNumber = new SQLStatement();
			insertPhoneNumber.sqlConnection = conn;
			insertPhoneNumber.text =
				"INSERT INTO phoneNumbers (employeeId, type, number) " +
				"VALUES (:employeeId, :type, :number)";
			insertPhoneNumber.parameters[":employeeId"] = employeeId;
			insertPhoneNumber.parameters[":type"] = "Home";
			insertPhoneNumber.parameters[":number"] = "(555) 555-1234";
			
			insertPhoneNumber.addEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, insertPhoneNumberHandler);
			insertPhoneNumber.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			insertPhoneNumber.execute();
		}
		
		// Called after the phone number record is inserted
		private function insertPhoneNumberHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			insertPhoneNumber.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, insertPhoneNumberHandler);
			insertPhoneNumber.removeEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			// No errors so far, so commit the transaction
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.COMMIT, commitHandler);
			conn.commit();
		}
		
		// Called after the transaction is committed
		private function commitHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.COMMIT, commitHandler);
			
			trace("Transaction complete");
		}
		
		// Called whenever an error occurs
		private function errorHandler(event:SQLErrorEvent):void
		{
			// If a transaction is happening, roll it back
			if (conn.inTransaction)
			{
				conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.ROLLBACK, rollbackHandler);
				conn.rollback();
			}
			
			trace(event.error.message);
			trace(event.error.details);
		}
		
		// Called when the transaction is rolled back
		private function rollbackHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.ROLLBACK, rollbackHandler);
			
			// add additional error handling, close the database, etc.
		}
	}
}

The following example demonstrates executing multiple SQL DELETE statements within a transaction. The transaction is used to delete an employee record. First the related rows in the "phoneNumbers" table are deleted. Next the employee record row is deleted from the "employees" table.
package
{
    import flash.data.SQLConnection;
	import flash.data.SQLResult;
	import flash.data.SQLStatement;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.events.SQLErrorEvent;
	import flash.events.SQLEvent;
	import flash.filesystem.File;
	
	public class MultiDeleteTransactionExample extends Sprite
	{
		private var conn:SQLConnection;
		private var deleteEmployee:SQLStatement;
		private var deletePhoneNumbers:SQLStatement;
		
		private var employeeIdToDelete:Number = 25;
		
		public function MultiDeleteTransactionExample():void
		{
			// define where to find the database file
			var appStorage:File = File.applicationStorageDirectory;
			var dbFile:File = appStorage.resolvePath("ExampleDatabase.db");
			
			// open the database connection
			conn = new SQLConnection();
			conn.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.OPEN, openHandler);
			conn.openAsync(dbFile);
		}
		
		// Called when the database is connected
		private function openHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.OPEN, openHandler);
			
			// start a transaction
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.BEGIN, beginHandler);
			conn.begin();
		}
		
		// Called when the transaction begins
		private function beginHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.BEGIN, beginHandler);
			
			// Create and execute the first SQL statement:
			// Delete an employee's phone number records
			deletePhoneNumbers = new SQLStatement();
			deletePhoneNumbers.sqlConnection = conn;
			deletePhoneNumbers.text =
				"DELETE FROM phoneNumbers " +
				"WHERE employeeId = :employeeId";
			deletePhoneNumbers.parameters[":employeeId"] = employeeIdToDelete;
			
			deletePhoneNumbers.addEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, deletePhoneNumbersHandler);
			deletePhoneNumbers.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			deletePhoneNumbers.execute();
		}
		
		// Called after the phone number records are deleted
		private function deletePhoneNumbersHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			deletePhoneNumbers.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, deletePhoneNumbersHandler);
			deletePhoneNumbers.removeEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			deleteEmployee = new SQLStatement();
			deleteEmployee.sqlConnection = conn;
			deleteEmployee.text = 
				"DELETE FROM employees " + 
				"WHERE employeeId = :employeeId";
			deleteEmployee.parameters[":employeeId"] = employeeIdToDelete;
			
			deleteEmployee.addEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, deleteEmployeeHandler);
			deleteEmployee.addEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			deleteEmployee.execute();
		}
		
		// Called after the employee record is deleted
		private function deleteEmployeeHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			deleteEmployee.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.RESULT, deleteEmployeeHandler);
			deleteEmployee.removeEventListener(SQLErrorEvent.ERROR, errorHandler);
			
			// No errors so far, so commit the transaction
			conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.COMMIT, commitHandler);
			conn.commit();
		}
		
		// Called after the transaction is committed
		private function commitHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.COMMIT, commitHandler);
			
			trace("Transaction complete");
		}
		
		// Called whenever an error occurs
		private function errorHandler(event:SQLErrorEvent):void
		{
			// If a transaction is happening, roll it back
			if (conn.inTransaction)
			{
				conn.addEventListener(SQLEvent.ROLLBACK, rollbackHandler);
				conn.rollback();
			}
			
			trace(event.error.message);
			trace(event.error.details);
		}
		
		// Called when the transaction is rolled back
		private function rollbackHandler(event:SQLEvent):void
		{
			conn.removeEventListener(SQLEvent.ROLLBACK, rollbackHandler);
			
			// add additional error handling, close the database, etc.
		}
	}
}

cancel()method 
public function cancel(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Aborts all SQL statements that are currently executing on databases connected to the SQLConnection instance. This method can be used to stop long running or runaway queries.

If there are statements executing when the cancel() method is called, this method aborts the statements' operations and any incomplete updates or transactions are rolled back. If there are no statements currently executing, calling this method rolls back an open transaction but otherwise does nothing.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a cancel or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
cancel:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — When this method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

close()method 
public function close(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Closes the current database connection. Any attached databases are detached as well.

If there is an open transaction when close() is called, the transaction is rolled back. When a SQLConnection instance is garbage-collected, the runtime calls close() automatically, including if an AIR application is closed while a SQLConnection is still connected to a database.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a close or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
close:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.
commit()method 
public function commit(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Commits an existing transaction, causing any actions performed by the transaction's statements to be permanently applied to the database.

Intermediate savepoints, which are like bookmarks in a transaction, can be created by calling the setSavepoint() method. Using savepoints you can commit portions of a transaction by calling the releaseSavepoint() method, or roll back portions of a transaction by calling the rollbackToSavepoint() method. However, if a transaction is opened using the begin() method, changes are not permanently saved to the database until the entire transaction is committed by calling the commit() method.

For a transaction that uses savepoints, any statements that were rolled back using the rollbackToSavepoint() method are not committed when the entire transaction is committed. Statements that were committed using releaseSavepoint() or whose savepoints weren't released or rolled back are committed to the database.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a commit or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
commit:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes with a failure.

Throws
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if no transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is false).

See also

compact()method 
public function compact(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Reclaims all unused space in the database. When an object (table, index, or trigger) is dropped from the database, it leaves behind empty space. This makes the database file larger than it needs to be, but can speed up INSERT operations. Over time, INSERT and DELETE operations can leave the database file structure fragmented, which slows down disk access to the database contents. This method compacts the database file, eliminating free pages, aligning table data to be contiguous, and otherwise cleaning up the database file structure.

The compact() operation can't be performed on an attached database file; it can only be performed on the main (original) database file opened by the SQLConnection instance. This operation fails if there is an active transaction, and has no effect on an in-memory database.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a compact or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
compact:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — If the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if a transaction is currently in progress (the inTransaction property is true).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.
deanalyze()method 
public function deanalyze(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Removes all statistical information created by a call to the analyze() method.

Because the statistics generated by the analyze() method take up space in a database, calling deanalyze() allows you to reclaim that space, such as after dropping several indices or tables.

This operation is not included in an active transaction.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a deanalyze or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
deanalyze:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — When this method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

detach()method 
public function detach(name:String, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Detaches an additional database previously attached to the SQLConnection instance using the attach() method. It is possible to have the same database attached multiple times using different names, and detaching one connection leaves the others intact. A database cannot be detached if the connection has an open transaction (if the inTransaction property is true).

Parameters
name:String — The given name of the database to detach.
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a detach or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
detach:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
ArgumentError — If the name argument is null or contains an empty string ("").
 
Error — If this method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if the SQLConnection instance has an open transaction (the inTransaction property is true).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

getSchemaResult()method 
public function getSchemaResult():SQLSchemaResult

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Provides access to the result of a call to the loadSchema() method. The getSchemaResult() method behaves as a first-in, first-out queue of results. Each time the loadSchema() method call completes (each time the schema event is dispatched in asynchronous execution mode), a new SQLSchemaResult object is added to the queue. Each time the getSchemaResult() method is called, the earliest result (the one that was added to the queue first) is returned and removed from the queue. When there are no more objects left in the queue, getSchemaResult() returns null.

When the database connection is closed the method returns null.

Returns
SQLSchemaResult

See also

loadSchema()method 
public function loadSchema(type:Class = null, name:String = null, database:String = "main", includeColumnSchema:Boolean = true, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Loads schema information from the connected database or any attached databases. The schema indicates the structure of the database's tables, columns, indices, and triggers.

To access the loaded schema use the SQLConnection.getSchemaResult() method.

In asynchronous execution mode, a schema event is dispatched if the operation is successful, or an error event is dispatched if the operation fails.

The combination of the type and name parameter values determines the type of schema data that's generated by the loadSchema() method and, consequently, the values of the properties of the SQLSchemaResult instance that's generated. The following table lists the valid type and name pairs and the schema data that's generated as a result:

type argument name argument Retrieves schema data for:
null null all objects in the database (all tables, views, triggers, and indices)
SQLIndexSchema null all indices in the database
SQLIndexSchema valid table name all indices defined on the specified table
SQLIndexSchema valid index name the specified index
SQLTableSchema null all tables in the database
SQLTableSchema valid table name the specified table
SQLTriggerSchema null all triggers in the database
SQLTriggerSchema valid table name all triggers associated with the specified table
SQLTriggerSchema valid view name all triggers associated with the specified view
SQLTriggerSchema valid trigger name the specified trigger
SQLViewSchema null all views in the database
SQLViewSchema valid view name the specified view

If the combination of type and name arguments does not correspond to one of the specified combinations, an error event is dispatched in asynchronous execution mode or an exception is thrown in synchronous execution mode. For instance, if the type argument is SQLViewSchema and the name argument is the name of a table (rather than the name of a view), an error is raised indicating that the database doesn't contain an object of the specified type with the specified name.

If the database is empty (it doesn't contain any tables, views, triggers, or indices), calling the loadSchema() method results in an error.

Parameters
type:Class (default = null) — Indicates the type of schema to load. A null value (the default) indicates that all the schema information should be loaded. Specifying a non-null value for this parameter narrows the scope of the resulting schema, removing potentially unneeded information from the results and making the operation more efficient. The value must be the class name of one of the following classes:
  • SQLIndexSchema
  • SQLTableSchema
  • SQLTriggerSchema
  • SQLViewSchema
 
name:String (default = null) — Indicates which resource's schema is loaded. How this value is used depends on the type argument specified. Typically, this is the name of a database object such as a table name, an index or view name, and so forth. If a value is specified, only schema information for the database object with the specified name is included in the result.

If the specified value is not valid an error event is dispatched (or an error is thrown in synchronous execution mode). The type parameter value must correspond to the type of the object named in order for the value to be valid, as described in the method description.

If the name argument is null then all schemata of the specified type are included. If the value specified is not valid an error event is dispatched.

 
database:String (default = "main") — The name of the database whose schema is loaded. If the value specified is not valid an error event is dispatched.
 
includeColumnSchema:Boolean (default = true) — Indicates whether the result includes schema information for the columns of tables and views.
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a schema or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
schema:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes with a failure.

Throws
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
ArgumentError — When the specified type argument value isn't one of the allowed types.
 
SQLError — When using synchronous execution mode, if an invalid value is supplied for the name or database parameters.

See also

open()method 
public function open(reference:Object = null, openMode:String = "create", autoCompact:Boolean = false, pageSize:int = 1024, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Opens a synchronous connection to the database file at the specified location in the file system, or creates and opens a new database file at the location, or creates and opens an in-memory database. The operations of creating and opening the database, as well as all other operations that are performed using this SQLConnection instance (including statement execution and other operations performed by a SQLStatement instance associated with this SQLConnection instance) are performed synchronously when the database is opened using this method. To perform operations asynchronously, open the database connection using the openAsync() method instead.

Once a database is connected, use a SQLStatement instance to execute SQL commands. Database-level operations such as beginning or ending transactions, loading schema information, and other operations are performed using the SQLConnection instance.

A database that is connected using the open() method is automatically assigned the database name "main". That name can be used to explicitly qualify table names in SQL statements using the format [database-name].[table-name].

Parameters
reference:Object (default = null) — The location of the database file that is opened. This value must be a flash.filesystem.File instance. If the parameter's value is null, an in-memory database is created and opened.
 
openMode:String (default = "create") — Indicates how the database is opened. The value can be any of the constants defined in the SQLMode class. The default value is SQLMode.CREATE, indicating that if a database file is not found at the specified location, one is created. If openMode is SQLMode.READ and the specified file does not exist then an error occurs. This parameter is ignored when the reference parameter is null.
 
autoCompact:Boolean (default = false) — Indicates whether unused space in the database is reclaimed automatically. This parameter is only valid when creating a new database file or opening a database file in which no tables have been created. By default, the space taken up by removed data is left in the database file and reused when needed. Setting this parameter to true causes the database to automatically reclaim unused space. This can negatively affect performance because it requires additional processing each time data is written to the database and can also cause the database data to become fragmented over time. At any time you can force the database to reclaim unused space in a database file and defragment the database file using the compact() method.

This parameter is ignored when the openMode parameter is SQLMode.READ.

 
pageSize:int (default = 1024) — Indicates the page size (in bytes) for the database. This parameter is only valid when creating a new database file or opening a database file in which no tables have been created. The value must be a power of two greater than or equal to 512 and less than or equal to 32768. The default value is 1024 bytes. This value can only be set before any tables are created. Once the tables are created attempting to change this value results in an error.
 
encryptionKey:ByteArray (default = null) — The encryption key for the database file. If the open() call creates a database, the database is encrypted and the specified key is used as the encryption key for the database. If the call opens an encrypted database, the value must match the database's encryption key or an error occurs. If the database being opened is not encrypted, or to create an unencrypted database, the value must be null (the default) or an error occurs.

A valid encryption key is 16 bytes long. An in-memory database cannot be encrypted, so this parameter must be null when the reference parameter's value is null.

When opening an encrypted database, if the encryption key provided doesn't match the database's encryption key, a SQLError exception is thrown. In that case the SQLError object's errorID property is 3138 ("File opened is not a database file").

The encryptionKey parameter is available starting with AIR 1.5.


Events
open:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.

Throws
Error — When the SQLConnection instance already has an open connection to a database (the connected property is true).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails. The connection is never left open after a failed operation.
 
ArgumentError — When the value specified for the reference parameter is not a flash.filesystem.File instance
 
ArgumentError — When the encryptionKey argument is not null and its length is not 16 bytes
 
ArgumentError — When the reference parameter is null and the encryptionKey argument is not null
 
ArgumentError — If an invalid pageSize parameter is specified. This includes passing a page size when the mode is SQLMode.READ.

See also

openAsync()method 
public function openAsync(reference:Object = null, openMode:String = "create", responder:Responder = null, autoCompact:Boolean = false, pageSize:int = 1024, encryptionKey:ByteArray = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Opens an asynchronous connection to the database file at the specified location in the file system, or creates and opens a new database file at the location, or creates and opens an in-memory database. The operations of creating and opening the database, as well as all other operations that are performed using this SQLConnection instance (including statement execution and other operations performed by a SQLStatement instance associated with this SQLConnection instance) are performed asynchronously when the database is opened using this method. To perform operations synchronously, open the database connection using the open() method instead.

Once a database is connected, use a SQLStatement instance to execute SQL commands. Database-level operations such as beginning or ending transactions, loading schema information, and other operations are performed using the SQLConnection instance.

A database that is connected using the openAsync() method is automatically assigned the database name "main"; that name can be used to explicitly qualify table names in SQL statements using the format [database-name].[table-name].

Parameters
reference:Object (default = null) — The location of the database file that is opened. This value must be a flash.filesystem.File instance. If the parameter's value is null, an in-memory database is created and opened.
 
openMode:String (default = "create") — Indicates how the database is opened. The value can be any of the constants defined in the SQLMode class. The default value is SQLMode.CREATE, indicating that if a database file is not found at the specified location, one is created. If openMode is SQLMode.READ and the specified file does not exist then an error event is dispatched. This parameter is ignored when the reference parameter is null.
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. If the responder argument is null an open or error event is dispatched when execution completes.
 
autoCompact:Boolean (default = false) — Indicates whether unused space in the database is reclaimed automatically. This parameter is only valid when creating a new database file or opening a database file in which no tables have been created. By default, the space taken up by removed data is left in the database file and reused when needed. Setting this parameter to true causes the database to automatically reclaim unused space. This can negatively affect performance because it requires additional processing each time data is written to the database and can also cause the database data to become fragmented over time. To force the database to reclaim unused space in a database file at any time and to defragment the database file, use the compact() method.

This parameter is ignored when the openMode parameter is SQLMode.READ.

 
pageSize:int (default = 1024) — Indicates the page size (in bytes) for the database. This parameter is only valid when creating a new database file or opening a database file in which no tables have been created. The value must be a power of two greater than or equal to 512 and less than or equal to 32768. The default value is 1024 bytes. This value can only be set before any tables are created. Once the tables are created attempting to change this value results in an error.
 
encryptionKey:ByteArray (default = null) — The encryption key for the database file. If the openAsync() call creates a database, the database is encrypted and the specified key is used as the encryption key for the database. If the call opens an encrypted database, the value must match the database's encryption key or an error occurs. If the database being opened is not encrypted, the value must be null (the default) or an error occurs.

A valid encryption key is 16 bytes long. An in-memory database cannot be encrypted, so this parameter must be null when the reference parameter's value is null.

When opening an encrypted database, if the encryption key provided doesn't match the database's encryption key, a SQLErrorEvent is dispatched. The event object's error property contains a SQLError instance. That SQLError object's errorID property is 3138 ("File opened is not a database file").

The encryptionKey parameter is available starting with AIR 1.5.


Events
open:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails. The connection is never left open after a failed operation.

Throws
Error — When the SQLConnection instance already has an open connection to a database (the connected property is true).
 
ArgumentError — When the value specified for the reference parameter is not a flash.filesystem.File instance
 
ArgumentError — When the encryptionKey argument is not null and its length is not 16 bytes
 
ArgumentError — When the reference parameter is null and the encryptionKey argument is not null
 
ArgumentError — If an invalid pageSize parameter is specified. This includes passing a page size when the mode is SQLMode.READ.

See also

reencrypt()method 
public function reencrypt(newEncryptionKey:ByteArray, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.5

Changes the encryption key of an encrypted database. This method only affects the encryption key of the main database (the database that was connected using the open() or openAsync() method). You can only call reencrypt() on a database that was encrypted when it was created. Once a database has been created as an encrypted database, it cannot be unencrypted. Likewise, a database that is created without encryption cannot be encrypted later.

The reencryption operation runs in its own transaction. If the reencryption process is interrupted, the database rolls back the transaction and the encryption key is not changed.

Parameters
newEncryptionKey:ByteArray — A ByteArray containing the new encryption key for the database. A valid encryption key is 16 bytes long.
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. If the responder argument is null a reencrypt or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
reencrypt:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails.

Throws
ArgumentError — When the newEncryptionKey value is null or its length is not 16 bytes.
 
Error — When the connection is not open, or if there is an open transaction.
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

releaseSavepoint()method 
public function releaseSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

This method commits the SQL operations made since the most recent savepoint or the named savepoint if a name is specified.

Note that until the entire transaction is committed, any changes are not permanently saved to the database. If the transaction is started using the begin() method, you must call the commit() method to commit the entire transaction. If the transaction is started by calling setSavepoint() while inTransaction is false, you can finish the entire transaction either by calling the commit() method or by calling releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() for the first savepoint of the transaction.

If the code calls the rollback() method, it permanently discards all changes in the transaction, regardless of whether releaseSavepoint() is called before the transaction is rolled back.

If this method is called with no parameters (or with null for the name parameter), it commits all database changes since the most recent unnamed savepoint (the most recent savepoint created by calling setSavepoint() with no name parameter). For example, if the setSavepoint() method has been called three times, three savepoints are set. Calling releaseSavepoint() at that point commits the SQL operations performed since the third (newest) savepoint.

If a value is provided for the name parameter this method commits all the SQL operations performed since the savepoint with the specified name. If other savepoints have been created more recently than the specified savepoint, operations performed after those savepoints are committed also.

Once a savepoint is released or rolled back, that savepoint and any more recent savepoints are removed. If code executes additional SQL operations after a releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() call removes a savepoint, those operations belong to the most recent remaining savepoint. (In other words, they belong to the savepoint created most recently before the removed savepoint.) If no savepoint remains, the operations belong to the main transaction.

Parameters
name:String (default = null) — String The name of the savepoint from which all SQL operations should be committed. If no value is provided or if this parameter is null (the default) then the most recent unnamed savepoint (created by a call to setSavepoint() with no name value) is used. The name value cannot be an empty string ("").
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — Responder An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a releaseSavepoint or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
releaseSavepoint:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
ArgumentError — when the name parameter value is an empty string ("").
 
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if no transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

removeEventListener()method 
public override function removeEventListener(type:String, listener:Function, useCapture:Boolean = false):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Removes a listener from the EventDispatcher object. If there is no matching listener registered with the EventDispatcher object, a call to this method has no effect.

Parameters
type:String — The type of event.
 
listener:Function — The listener object to remove.
 
useCapture:Boolean (default = false)This parameter applies to display objects in the ActionScript 3.0 display list architecture, used by SWF content. Specifies whether the listener was registered for the capture phase or the target and bubbling phases. If the listener was registered for both the capture phase and the target and bubbling phases, two calls to removeEventListener() are required to remove both, one call with useCapture() set to true, and another call with useCapture() set to false.
rollback()method 
public function rollback(responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Rolls back an existing transaction created using the begin() method, meaning all changes made by any SQL statements in the transaction are discarded.

Intermediate savepoints can be marked within a transaction by calling the setSavepoint() method. Using savepoints you can commit portions of a transaction by calling the releaseSavepoint() method, or roll back portions of a transaction by calling rollbackToSavepoint(). However, calling the rollback() method permanently discards all changes made in a transaction, regardless of whether individual savepoints have been released (committed) before the transaction is rolled back.

Parameters
responder:Responder (default = null) — An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a rollback or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
rollback:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if no transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

rollbackToSavepoint()method 
public function rollbackToSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

Rolls back any SQL operations since the most recent savepoint or the named savepoint if a name is specified.

Note that if the entire transaction is committed by calling the commit() method, any changes in the transaction that are not already rolled back using the rollbackToSavepoint() method are permanently saved to the database. In addition, calling the rollback() method permanently discards all changes, regardless of whether individual savepoints have been released (committed) or rolled back before the transaction is rolled back.

If this method is called with no parameters (or with null for the name parameter), it rolls back all database changes since the most recent unnamed savepoint (the most recent call to setSavepoint() with no name parameter value).

If a value is provided for the name parameter this method rolls back all the SQL operations performed since the savepoint with the specified name. If other savepoints have been created more recently than the specified savepoint, operations performed since those savepoints are rolled back also.

Once a savepoint is released or rolled back, that savepoint and any more recent savepoints are removed. If code executes additional SQL operations after a releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() call removes a savepoint, those operations belong to the most recent remaining savepoint. (In other words, they belong to the savepoint created most recently before the removed savepoint.) If no savepoint remains, the operations belong to the main transaction.

Parameters
name:String (default = null) — String The name of the savepoint to which the database state should be rolled back. If no value is provided or if this parameter is null (the default) then most recent unnamed savepoint (created by a call to setSavepoint() with no name value) is used. The name value cannot be an empty string ("").
 
responder:Responder (default = null) — Responder An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a rollbackToSavepoint or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
rollbackToSavepoint:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
ArgumentError — when the name parameter value is an empty string ("").
 
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false); or if no transaction is currently open (the inTransaction property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

setSavepoint()method 
public function setSavepoint(name:String = null, responder:Responder = null):void

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

Creates a savepoint, which is like a bookmark within a database transaction. A savepoint represents a point within a transaction. The set of SQL operations performed between savepoints can be committed or rolled back separately from other operations using the releaseSavepoint() and rollbackToSavepoint() methods. In this way, using a savepoint allows you to treat a set of SQL operations as a nested transaction.

When the setSavepoint() method is called, if a transaction has not already been opened (by calling the begin() method), calling this method begins the transaction and creates a savepoint at the start of the transaction. If a transaction is already open, calling setSavepoint() creates a savepoint within the transaction.

Note that until the entire transaction is committed, any changes are not permanently saved to the database. If the transaction is started using the begin() method, you must call the commit() method to commit the entire transaction. If the transaction is started by calling setSavepoint() while inTransaction is false, you can finish the entire transaction either by calling the commit() method. The transaction also finishes automatically when you call releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() for the savepoint that started the transaction.

You can specify a name for a savepoint by providing a value for the name parameter. This allows you to to rollback or commit all changes made since that specific savepoint. If no name is specified (the default) then an unnamed savepoint is created.

Once a savepoint is released or rolled back, that savepoint and any more recent savepoints are removed. If code executes additional SQL operations after a releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() call removes a savepoint, those operations belong to the most recent remaining savepoint. (In other words, they belong to the savepoint created most recently before the removed savepoint.) If no savepoint remains, the operations belong to the main transaction.

Parameters
name:String (default = null) — String The name for the savepoint. If no value is provided or if this parameter is null (the default) then the next call to releaseSavepoint() or rollbackToSavepoint() with no name parameter specified commits or rolls back the SQL operations performed since the unnamed savepoint.

If the name provided is a duplicate of a previous named savepoint, the next call to either SQLConnection.releaseSavepoint() or SQLConnection.rollbackToSavepoint() commits or rolls back changes made since the most recent savepoint with that name.

The name value cannot be an empty string ("").

 
responder:Responder (default = null) — Responder An object that designates methods to be called when the operation succeeds or fails. In asynchronous execution mode, if the responder argument is null a setSavepoint or error event is dispatched when execution completes.

Events
setSavepoint:SQLEvent — Dispatched when the operation completes successfully.
 
error:SQLErrorEvent — Dispatched when the operation fails in asynchronous execution mode.

Throws
ArgumentError — when the name parameter value is an empty string ("").
 
Error — When the method is called while the SQLConnection instance isn't connected to a database (the connected property is false).
 
SQLError — If the operation fails in synchronous execution mode.

See also

Event detail
analyzeevent 
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.ANALYZE

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when an analyze() operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.ANALYZE constant defines the value of the type property of an analyze event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.analyze() method call completes successfully. The analyze event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

attachevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.ATTACH

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when an attach() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.ATTACH constant defines the value of the type property of an attach event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.attach() method call completes successfully. The attach event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

beginevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.BEGIN

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a begin() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.BEGIN constant defines the value of the type property of a begin event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.begin() method call completes successfully. The begin event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

cancelevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.CANCEL

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a cancel() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.CANCEL constant defines the value of the type property of a cancel event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.cancel() method call completes successfully. The cancel event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection or SQLStatement object that performed the operation.

See also

closeevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.CLOSE

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a close() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.CLOSE constant defines the value of the type property of a close event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.close() method call completes successfully. The close event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

commitevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.COMMIT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a commit() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.COMMIT constant defines the value of the type property of a commit event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.commit() method call completes successfully. The commit event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

compactevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.COMPACT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a compact() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.COMPACT constant defines the value of the type property of a compact event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.compact() method call completes successfully. The compact event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

deanalyzeevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.DEANALYZE

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a deanalyze() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.DEANALYZE constant defines the value of the type property of a deanalyze event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.deanalyze() method call completes successfully. The deanalyze event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

deleteevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent
SQLUpdateEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent.DELETE

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL DELETE command. The data change can be a direct result of a DELETE statement executed through a SQLStatement instance, or an indirect result caused by a trigger firing in response to a statement execution.

The SQLUpdateEvent.DELETE constant defines the value of the type property of a SQLConnection delete event. The delete event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
rowIDThe unique row identifier of the row that was inserted, deleted, or updated.
targetThe SQLConnection object on which the operation was performed.
tableThe name of the table on which the change occurred.

See also

detachevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.DETACH

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a detach() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.DETACH constant defines the value of the type property of a detach event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.detach() method call completes successfully.

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

errorevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLErrorEvent
SQLErrorEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLErrorEvent.ERROR

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when any of the SQLConnection object's asynchronous operations results in an error. The SQLErrorEvent instance that's dispatched as the event object has an error property that contains information about the operation that was attempted and the cause of the failure.

The SQLErrorEvent.ERROR constant defines the value of the type property of an error event dispatched when a call to a method of a SQLConnection or SQLStatement instance completes with an error. The error event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
errorA SQLError object containing information about the type of error that occurred and the operation that caused the error.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection or SQLStatement object reporting the error.

insertevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent
SQLUpdateEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent.INSERT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL INSERT command. The data change can be a direct result of an INSERT statement executed through a SQLStatement instance, or an indirect result caused by a trigger firing in response to a statement execution.

The SQLUpdateEvent.INSERT constant defines the value of the type property of a SQLConnection insert event. The insert event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
rowIDThe unique row identifier of the row that was inserted, deleted, or updated.
targetThe SQLConnection object on which the operation was performed.
tableThe name of the table on which the change occurred.

See also

openevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.OPEN

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when an openAsync() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.OPEN constant defines the value of the type property of a open event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.open() or SQLConnection.openAsync() method call completes successfully. The open event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

reencryptevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.REENCRYPT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.5

Dispatched when a reencrypt() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.REENCRYPT constant defines the value of the type property of a reencrypt event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.reencrypt() method call completes successfully. The reencrypt event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

releaseSavepointevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.RELEASE_SAVEPOINT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

Dispatched when a releaseSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.RELEASE_SAVEPOINT constant defines the value of the type property of a releaseSavepoint event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.releaseSavepoint() method call completes successfully. The releaseSavepoint event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

rollbackevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.ROLLBACK

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a rollback() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.ROLLBACK constant defines the value of the type property of a rollback event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.rollback() method call completes successfully. The rollback event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

rollbackToSavepointevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.ROLLBACK_TO_SAVEPOINT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

Dispatched when a rollbackToSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.ROLLBACK_TO_SAVEPOINT constant defines the value of the type property of a rollbackToSavepoint event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.rollbackToSavepoint() method call completes successfully. The rollbackToSavepoint event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

schemaevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.SCHEMA

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when a loadSchema() method call's operation completes successfully and the schema results are ready.

The SQLEvent.SCHEMA constant defines the value of the type property of a schema event object. Dispatched when the SQLConnection.loadSchema() method completes successfully. Once the SQLEvent.SCHEMA event is dispatched the SQLConnection.getSchemaResult() method can be used to get the schema information. The schema event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

setSavepointevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLEvent
SQLEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLEvent.SET_SAVEPOINT

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 2

Dispatched when a setSavepoint() method call's operation completes successfully.

The SQLEvent.SET_SAVEPOINT constant defines the value of the type property of a setSavepoint event object. This type of event is dispatched when a SQLConnection.setSavepoint() method call completes successfully. The setSavepoint event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
targetThe SQLConnection object that performed the operation.

See also

updateevent  
Event object type: flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent
SQLUpdateEvent.type property = flash.events.SQLUpdateEvent.UPDATE

Language version: ActionScript 3.0
Runtime version: AIR 1.0

Dispatched when data in any table in any of the connected databases changes as a result of a SQL UPDATE command. The data change can be a direct result of a UPDATE statement executed through a SQLStatement instance, or an indirect result caused by a trigger firing in response to a statement execution.

The SQLUpdateEvent.UPDATE constant defines the value of the type property of a SQLConnection update event.

The update event has the following properties:

PropertyValue
bubblesfalse
cancelablefalse; there is no default behavior to cancel.
currentTargetThe object that is actively processing the event object with an event listener.
rowIDThe unique row identifier of the row that was inserted, deleted, or updated.
targetThe SQLConnection object on which the operation was performed.
tableThe name of the table on which the change occurred.

See also