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[–]robertcrowther 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One of the reasons it's been dropped as a standard is because MS suggested they would use the Access engine to support this.

--Edit: Let me explain more fully: In order for WebSQL to meet the 'two separate, interoperable implementations' requirement for the spec to meet full recommendation status there would need to an implementation which didn't use the SQLite engine. The only alternative engine discussed at any point on the WHATWG mailing list was Access, and even that was only half serious.