I'm pretty sure its saying that you're trying to create a database
named _metadata which isn't a valid database name for two reasons.
First, we require db names to start with a letter for file system
compatibility and to avoid surprises (ie, if someone tried to name a
database "../foo"). Second, we generally reserve the _ prefix in all
API places for CouchDB internal use.
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:23 PM, Joey Samonte
<csharpdevelo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Good day,
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>
> I am getting a lot of error like this one in the logs (Windows):
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> {"error":"illegal_database_name","reason":"Name:
> 'shards%2F00000000-1fffffff%2F_metadata.1473815830'. Only lowercase
> characters (a-z)
>
>
> Why is this so?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Joey
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>
