HTML5 WebSQL: how to know when a db transaction finishes?

Question

I've the following code that gets a json recordset and insert some data in three different tables on the client Web Sql storage.

How can I intercept the end of databaseSync() function? What I want to do is display an alert or better an ajax spinner gif in order to inform the user when the sync is complete.

Many thanks for your help, ciao!

function databaseSync() {

        // table one
        $.getJSON("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=one", function(json) {
            $.each(json.results, function(i, res) {
                db.transaction(function(tx) {
                    tx.executeSql("INSERT INTO table1 (A, B, C, D) VALUES (?,?,?,?) ", [res.A, res.B, res.C, res.D], onSuccess, onError);
                });
            });
        });

        // table two
        $.getJSON("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=two", function(json) {
            $.each(json.results, function(i, res) {
                db.transaction(function(tx) {
                    tx.executeSql("INSERT INTO table1 (A, B, C, D) VALUES (?,?,?,?) ", [res.A, res.B, res.C, res.D], onSuccess, onError);
                });
            });
        });

        // table three
        $.getJSON("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=three", function(json) {
            $.each(json.results, function(i, res) {
                db.transaction(function(tx) {
                    tx.executeSql("INSERT INTO table1 (A, B, C, D) VALUES (?,?,?,?) ", [res.A, res.B, res.C, res.D], onSuccess, onError);
                });
            });
        });


    }

Answer 1

Ok, this is my fifth revision, but I liked this question and I keep coming up with better ideas. This one uses jquery deferred objects and I think it finally covers all cases and works the way it should.

function tableInsert(url) {
    var dfd = $.Deferred();
    var arr = [];
    $.getJSON(url, function(json) {
        $.each(json.results, function(i, res) {
            var dfd = $.Deferred();
            arr.push(dfd.promise()); 
            db.transaction(function(tx) {
                tx.executeSql(
                    "INSERT INTO table1 (A, B, C, D) VALUES (?,?,?,?) ", 
                    [res.A, res.B, res.C, res.D], 
                    function(){
                        onSuccess(dfd.resolve);
                    }, 
                    function(){
                        onError(dfd.resolve);
                    }
                );
            });
        });
        $.when.apply(this, arr).then(dfd.resolve);
    });
    return dfd.promise();
}

function databaseSync() {

    $.when( tableInsert("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=one"),
            tableInsert("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=two"), 
            tableInsert("http://192.168.1.40:8888/iOS/mobilesrv/index.php?ACT=three"))
        .then(function(){
            console.log( 'All processing complete' );
        });
}

For this to work you'll need to change onSuccess and onError to execute the resolve function as a callback function after doing whatever else it is they do and then this should work for you. I hope you find this useful.