On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:19 PM, Bob Briski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've found that I can't create a view with a key that includes a document > key that doesn't exist in all documents. > > I confused myself with that opening statement so here's an example of what > I'm talking about: > http://pastie.caboo.se/196397 > > I understand if this is the way it's supposed to work. I also understand > that I can use an if statement to check if the key exists in the document. > However, that means that if I change the schema of future documents and I've > written a previous view that doesn't check for all of it's keys, those > previous views cease to function. > > I thought that a large advantage of document databases is the ability to > change the schema of your documents and not cause problems. Is this not the > case, or am I thinking of this incorrectly? > > Thanks, > Bob
maybe related to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-54 ? - benoît
