Hi all, I am just starting out with Couch DB and I was wondering whether it is possible or planned to have the database use a specific digest/hash algorithm, rather than a GUID when auto-generating identifiers.
In my case, I don actually care what the id is, but I do want to avoid duplicate documents. Effectively using couch as an indexed content addressable storage. Since couch calculates a hash/digest to manage revisions it would seem fairly sensible and efficient if this was used for the ID. If I generate an id as an md5 - I am wary that the couch calculated value will be different due to minor differences in the data before/after transmission. That would also duplicate processing. Thanks for any input Regards Dave
