Seems I read something somewhere about HTTP MOVE (WebDav extension?) being supported in a former incarnation.
-- Michael J. I. Jackson http://mjijackson.com/ @mjijackson On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Sean Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > I need the system to stay live the whole time, so the rename has to be > nearly instantaneous. I do wish there was an http way to do it though. > > On Feb 23, 2010, at 3:42 PM, Nils Breunese <[email protected]> wrote: > > > You could use the replication feature. imported_data is your live > > database and you create new_imported_database for the import. Once > > the import is done you drop the imported_data, create a fresh > > imported_data database and replicate new_imported_database to > > imported_data. Afterwards you can delete new_imported_database. This > > does require more storage than renaming the database on the > > filesystem level, but the replication method can be done entirely > > via HTTP. > > > > Nils. > > ________________________________________ > > Van: Sean Clark Hess [[email protected]] > > Verzonden: dinsdag 23 februari 2010 20:04 > > Aan: [email protected] > > Onderwerp: Rename a database? > > > > I need to import vast amounts of data into a couch database every > > night. The > > company providing us the data does not provide a list of changes, so > > we need > > to regenerate everything from scratch. > > > > I was thinking that it would be nice if I could create a new > > database in > > couch, copy in all the new data, then rename them once it is done. > > That way > > my old data can stay live while the new data is importing. > > > > Is there a way to rename databases? So, I would have an > > "imported_data" > > database, create a "new_imported_database", then delete the old and > > rename > > the new when the import finished. > > > > Any other ideas? > > > > De informatie vervat in deze e-mail en meegezonden bijlagen is > > uitsluitend bedoeld voor gebruik door de geadresseerde en kan > > vertrouwelijke informatie bevatten. Openbaarmaking, > > vermenigvuldiging, verspreiding en/of verstrekking van deze > > informatie aan derden is voorbehouden aan geadresseerde. De VPRO > > staat niet in voor de juiste en volledige overbrenging van de inhoud > > van een verzonden e-mail, noch voor tijdige ontvangst daarvan. >
