Joel, For simple editing tasks like this, I tend to use the Futon web interface:
http://localhost:5984/_utils/ I'm guessing you've already been using it, but it doesn't hurt to put it in the thread here. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Joel Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joel Reed wrote: >> >> I've been poking around on the wiki site and googling for answers, but >> can't quite come up with the right syntax yet to create a permanent view and >> then GET the results. >> >> I have a "test.view" file that looks like this: >> >> { >> "_id":"_design/forms", >> "_rev":"12345", >> "views": >> { >> "all": { >> "map": "function(doc) { emit(doc.Patient, doc); }" >> } >> } >> } >> >> Then I say: >> >> curl -v -H 'Content-Type: application/json;' >> "http://localhost:5984/cs-cache/"; --data-binary @/home/jreed/test.view >> >> They I try to fire up: >> http://localhost:5984/cs-cache/_view/_design/forms/all > > Ok, I figured out what I was doing wrong. The correct steps appear to be: > > 1) Create a test.view file WITHOUT a "_rev" entry that looks like this: > > { > "_id":"_design/forms", > "views": > { > "all": { > "map": "function(doc) { log(doc); emit(doc.Patient, doc); }" > } > } > } > > 2) Submit to couchdb with curl like this: > > curl -v -X PUT -H 'Content-Type: application/json' > http://localhost:5984/cs-cache/_design/forms -T /home/jreed/test.view > > 3) test the view using a URL like this: > > http://localhost:5984/cs-cache/_view/forms/all > > Thanks Jan for helping me on the last step. I'm very new to couchdb, thus my > confusion. > > jr > -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
