Sean, Also, remember that key, startkey and endkey expecting a JSON value—not just an ID.
So, your original query should have been: http://localhost:5984/dev_schedule/_all_docs?startKey=%22008baf50a9f9668eec9a58a67d1a5b72%22&limit=5 Since %22 is a query string encoded double quote. Cheers, Zach On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > startkey not startKey, endkey not endKey. > > B. > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:31 PM, Sean Clark Hess <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, I need to run through every record in a database, and I want to do it in >> chunks so ruby doesn't collapse and die when it runs out of memory. >> >> As far as I know, to page data, you're supposed to send a query a "limit" >> and "startKey" parameter, correct? It doesn't seem to work with _all_docs. >> Does it only work with a view? >> >> http://localhost:5984/dev_schedule/_all_docs?startKey=008baf50a9f9668eec9a58a67d1a5b72&endKey=009e42280d3e42c8d37a485462c38e74 >> >> The above always returns all the documents. >> >> http://localhost:5984/dev_schedule/_all_docs?startKey=008baf50a9f9668eec9a58a67d1a5b72&limit=5 >> >> This above will return the first 5 docs in the database, instead of starting >> at 008. >> >
