Setting document _id in _update handler

[Jim Garvin]

Hi again,

Does anyone know a server-side workaround for this
bug<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-645>
?

Apparently if you use an _update handler for creating a document you are
responsible for the _id because CouchDB won't set it to a UUID if you just
leave it undefined. :'(

Here's my update handler for reference:

function(doc, req) {
  var newDoc = JSON.parse(req.body);
  newDoc.created_at = (new Date()).getTime();
  // newDoc._id = "is there a function I can call here to generate a UUID?";
  return [newDoc, "ok"];
}

Thanks,
Jim