I thought the issue with SQL as a web standard period was it's under specified. So, rather than put SQL in the browser and then run into all kinds of incompatib

I thought the issue with SQL as a web standard period was it's under specified. So, rather than put SQL in the browser and then run into all kinds of incompatible edge cases they went with something simpler and easier to define and get right. You can then make your own library (SQL if you prefer) and be more likely to get the exact behavior you want across browsers. https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/06/beyond-html5-database-apis-and-the-road-to-indexeddb/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2010/06/beyond-html5-database-apis...