On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:32 AM, kowsik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm thinking we should > have a REST method to add additional app-specific methods that are > available to the map/reduce function? These could be utility methods > or static lookup tables and so on.
The danger with this approach is that you absolutely need the source code for each map and reduce function to correspond 1-1 with its behavior. Otherwise, behavior could change without expiring the view indexes. I wrestled with the problem for while, before I realized that there's no harm in including library code directly into maps and reduces. I've got some scripts in the CouchRest project that upload filesystem code to design documents, inlining the contents of a lib.js file into your maps or reduces, if you include a comment like //include-lib within your function. This way I don't repeat myself, but each map and reduce function contains its full specification. CouchRest is located here: http://github.com/jchris/couchrest/tree/master Once you've installed the gem, run couchview --help generate to get a feel for the directory structure it's looking for. -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
