On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:45 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Ok, I see, So I guess I need to find out where the design doc is and have > a look at that then? >
You can do all the queries you describe. it is just a matter of translating them to the couchdb view api. These links are good for getting the high level understanding: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/View_collation http://www.cmlenz.net/archives/2007/10/couchdb-joins between that and the view api you should be able to get started. if you need more guidance, let us know. best, Chris > also can u limit views by using a field from the 'values' as a parameter. > For example, say i have a value name as part of the view can i say > ?name=Steven > > cheers > S > > > > > From: > Robert Newson <[email protected]> > To: > [email protected] > Date: > 14/07/2010 03:38 PM > Subject: > Re: Custom view parameters??? > > > > I believe the wiki page lists all the standard view parameters and > there are no others, and no facility to add custom ones. > > However, you can fake some simple things using the _rewrite code. I > think it's powerful enough to map your 'fromDate=' to 'startkey=', for > example. More complicated transformations would, I think, need > client-side Javascript or a server-side patch. > > B. > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:29 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> Yes, I realise this. perhaps you would like to re-read my question? >> >> >> >> >> From: >> Robert Newson <[email protected]> >> To: >> [email protected] >> Date: >> 14/07/2010 03:26 PM >> Subject: >> Re: Custom view parameters??? >> >> >> >> The full set of view querying options are documented here; >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_view_API#Querying_Options >> >> HTH, >> B. >> >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 1:19 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> HI I am working on a couchDB database that has a view called >>> search_with_criteria (pretty self explanatory) anyway this has >>> functionality to add view parameters such as ?fromDate and ?toDate...I >> am >>> just trying to work out thow this all works...are these standard view >> API >>> parameters? or are you able to make your own 'custom parameters' in >>> couchDB? if so Where would you store these?? >>> >>> oh also I should mention that the key of this view is a date with > format >>> YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss >>> >>> Cheers >>> S >>> >>> >> >> >> > >
