On Jul 13, 2010, at 10:49 PM, J Chris Anderson wrote: > > 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. >
I forgot: here are links about design docs. http://barkingiguana.com/2009/01/20/adding-a-simple-view-to-couchdb http://books.couchdb.org/relax/design-documents/design-documents > 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 >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >
