Argh! Make that startkey with a small "k", just as Bob said...
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Zachary Zolton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >>> >> >
