purge_seq gets incremented for each _purge request. But there is a small issue:
# curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/idm/ {"db_name":"idm","doc_count":7,"doc_del_count":0,"update_seq":27,"purge_seq":12,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":110680,"instance_start_time":"1266831271770843","disk_format_version":4} # curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/idm/_purge -d '{}' {"purge_seq":28,"purged":{}} # curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/idm/ {"db_name":"idm","doc_count":7,"doc_del_count":0,"update_seq":28,"purge_seq":13,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":114776,"instance_start_time":"1266831271770843","disk_format_version":4} # curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/idm/_purge -d '{}' {"purge_seq":29,"purged":{}} Check it out! Purging returns update_seq instead. Markus Jelsma - Technisch Architect - Buyways BV http://www.linkedin.com/in/markus17 050-8536620 / 06-50258350
