but the request is a *delete* request, it is not an update request, should it not delete unconditionally? and hence i posted to the group
del anondb[messageid] i have read the wiki end to end :) did read On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Chris Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 8:44 PM, paul jobs <[email protected]> wrote: > > PreconditionFailed: (u'conflict', u'Document update conflict.') > > Paul, > > You'd do well to survey the documentation. The answers to many of your > questions are readily available on the wiki or by reading the test > suite (couch_tests.js in the source distribution). > > There is information about this response here > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_Document_API -- search for > 'Document update conflict.' > > -- > Chris Anderson > http://jchris.mfdz.com >
