I had the same difficulty when I first looked at couchdb. The feature is not
well documented I suppose. But the most relevant page is this one:
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HttpViewApi
which lists the query options as:
key=keyvalue
>
> startkey=keyvalue
>
> startkey_docid=docid
>
> endkey=keyvalue
>
> endkey_docid=docid
>
> count=max rows to return
>
> update=false
>
> descending=true
>
> skip=number of rows to skip
>
> group=true *Version 0.8.0 and forward*
>
> reduce=false *Trunk only (0.9)*
>
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Douglas Fils <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I am new to couchdb and looking into its potential use for us. We have a
> huge amount of semi-structured data that on the surface might be better
> suited to couchdb vs something like MySQL.
>
> I have set up a test server and I am able to store and call simple views
> like:
> function(doc) { if (doc.FolkCde == 'S') emit(doc.Latitude,
> doc.Longitude) }
>
> However, I am curious if it's possible for couchdb to be sent arguments to
> a view? For example could I do something like:
> ...:5984/lith/_view/test/v2/Mn where the "Mn" argument is passed in and
> used for the doc.FolkCdr comparison?
>
> Am I fundamentally missing the message with this question? In talking with
> a friend about this we wondered if a HUGE over simplification might be:
> couchdb: semi-dynamic and semi-structured data, static queries
> (pre-defined views)
> RDMS: semi-static (and well structured) data, dynamic queries
>
> Obviously the problem with such over simplifications is that they tend to
> be WRONG :) but we needed some way to differentiate the two. I would
> really appreciate hearing about the issue of passing arguments to a couchdb
> view, it's not something I have found a lot of on the net which makes me
> think it's not the target audience of couchdb. I have looked at other
> packages like Perserver and Dovetail but have various issues with them as
> well and worry about performance there.
> Thanks.. I'm looking forward to hearing about all this.
> Doug
>
>
>
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