New functions:

Scholar.ItemTypes.getTypes() -- returns associative array of all itemTypes, with 'id' and 'name'

Scholar.ItemTypes.getTypeName(itemTypeID) -- returns pre-l10n type name (e.g. 'book', 'journalArticle')

chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/data_access.js

@@ -1212,6 +1212,22 @@ Scholar.Creators = new function(){
 
 
 
+Scholar.ItemTypes = new function(){
+	this.getTypes = getTypes;
+	this.getTypeName = getTypeName;
+	
+	function getTypes(){
+		return Scholar.DB.query('SELECT itemTypeID AS id, typeName AS name '
+			+ 'FROM itemTypes order BY typeName');
+	}
+	
+	function getTypeName(itemTypeID){
+		return Scholar.DB.valueQuery('SELECT typeName FROM itemTypes '
+			+ 'WHERE itemTypeID=' + itemTypeID);
+	}
+}
+
+
 
 
 Scholar.ItemFields = new function(){

chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/db.js

@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@ Scholar.DB = new function(){
 		for (var i=parseInt(fromVersion) + 1; i<=toVersion; i++){
 			
 			// For now, just wipe and recreate
-			if (i==7){
+			if (i==8){
 				_initializeSchema();
 			}
 			
-			if (i==8){
+			if (i==9){
 				// do stuff
 				// _updateDBVersion(i);
 			}

chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/scholar.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const SCHOLAR_CONFIG = {
 	GUID: 'scholar@chnm',
 	DB_FILE: 'scholar.sqlite',
-	DB_VERSION: 7, // must match version at top of schema.sql
+	DB_VERSION: 8, // must match version at top of schema.sql
 	DB_REBUILD: false, // erase DB and recreate from schema
 	DEBUG_LOGGING: true,
 	DEBUG_TO_CONSOLE: true // dump debug messages to console rather than (much slower) Debug Logger

schema.sql

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- 7
+-- 8
 
     DROP TABLE IF EXISTS version;
     CREATE TABLE version (
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@
     INSERT INTO treeStructure VALUES (0, 1, 0, NULL);
     
     -- Some sample data
-    INSERT INTO itemTypes VALUES (1,'Book');
+    INSERT INTO itemTypes VALUES (1,'book');
-    INSERT INTO itemTypes VALUES (2,'Journal Article');
+    INSERT INTO itemTypes VALUES (2,'journalArticle');
     
     INSERT INTO "fieldFormats" VALUES(1, '.*', 0);
     INSERT INTO "fieldFormats" VALUES(2, '[0-9]*', 1);