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Asked: 2026-06-05T02:10:05+00:00

The following simple code works in Firefox (12.0) but does not seem to work

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The following simple code works in Firefox (12.0) but does not seem to work in IE 9 even though local storage is supported in IE9. Notice how alert(localStorage.lastname); does not show up any results. Was wondering if there is a known issue in using localStorage in IE9 as the documentation does say it is supported. 

   <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <body>
    <script> 
    if(typeof(Storage)!=="undefined")
    {
      alert('local storage')
      localStorage.lastname="Smith";
      alert(localStorage.lastname);  
    }
     else
    {
     alert("Sorry, your browser does not support web storage...")
    }
   </script>
   </body>
   </html>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Never set/get the items in localstorage directly! Use the appropriate methods for that:

    localStorage.setItem(key,value)
localStorage.getItem(key)
localStorage.removeItem(key)

    This fixes your IE problem and you will live happily 😀

    (Note, that the values are stores as strings!)

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