Doh! Forgot about cassim.
> On Sep 14, 2016, at 12:17 PM, Alexander Shorin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul, > > _metadata is our special database which is valid. > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-cassim/blob/master/src/cassim_metadata_cache.erl#L63-L64 > -- > ,,,^..^,,, > > >> On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 7:15 PM, Paul Davis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> 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 >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Good day, >>> >>> >>> I am getting a lot of error like this one in the logs (Windows): >>> >>> >>> {"error":"illegal_database_name","reason":"Name: >>> 'shards%2F00000000-1fffffff%2F_metadata.1473815830'. Only lowercase >>> characters (a-z) >>> >>> >>> Why is this so? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Joey >>> >>> >>> >>>
