I like that. I do something like it in c-l where multiple queries can be issued and the result becomes an array of responses.
B. On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Adam Kocoloski (JIRA) <[email protected]> wrote: > > [ > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-523?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12927868#action_12927868 > ] > > Adam Kocoloski commented on COUCHDB-523: > ---------------------------------------- > > I've been thinking about this issue a bit and would like to propose an > alternative syntax. Instead of relying on overloading the "keys" field with > things that are not really view keys, we could allow a new field called > "queries" that looks like > > {"queries":[{"key":"foo"}, {"startkey":"bar", "endkey":"baz", "limit":10}, > ...]} > > That is, each element of the queries Array would be a JSON Object specifying > view query parameters. Any parameters specified in the actual query string > would be included as defaults. CouchDB would execute the view requests > serially and respond with an Array of view responses > > [ > {"total_rows":100, "offset":34, "rows":[...]}, > {"total_rows":100, "offset":20, "rows":[...]} > ] > > The "keys" field and the "queries" field would be mutually exclusive. The > Objects in the queries Array would allow a user to specify any query-string > parameter used with CouchDB views. I'm not sure if _list functions would be > supported. > > This feature is really a crutch to help HTTP clients that cannot avail > themselves of advanced HTTP features such as pipelining. I'm happy to add > it, though, as that the set of clients which do support pipelining is not > that large. > > What do you think? > > >> View API POST keys to retrieve multiple docs by key could also allow for >> multiple 'range' queries, i.e. an array of { startkey: .., endkey: ... } >> params in the POST >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Key: COUCHDB-523 >> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-523 >> Project: CouchDB >> Issue Type: Improvement >> Components: HTTP Interface >> Reporter: Nathan Stott >> Assignee: Adam Kocoloski >> Priority: Minor >> Fix For: 1.1 >> >> Attachments: couch_httpd_view.erl, multi_start_end_key.diff, >> ranged_key_post.diff >> >> >> It would be useful if I could do a single POST to a view to retrieve >> multiple ranges specified by startkey, endkey. >> The format could be as follows: >> { "ranges": [ { "startkey": "a", "endkey": "c" }, { "startkey":"g", >> "endkey":"z" } ] } > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > - > You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. > >
