> I can't however get descending = true to retrieve any data on my view. > I get {"rows":[]} no matter which start key I use. Does descending > true only work on views that aren't reduced?
Querying with descending=true effectively reverses the result order before your keys restrict the results. So, if there's a natural endkey for your query when you query with descending=false, set that to the startkey and now query with descending=true. Also see Querying Options on http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_view_API Paul