It should also be mentioned on the downloads page. Older versions also link to
`backward incompatible changes`.
-----Original message-----
From: J Chris Anderson <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu 15-07-2010 17:57
To: [email protected];
Subject: Re: changes to list function's req.query in CouchDB 1.0.0
On Jul 15, 2010, at 3:29 AM, Bob Clary wrote:
> Previously in CouchDB 0.11 calling a list function with query strings passed
> the query strings as properties of the req.query object with the property
> name being the query string parameter name and the value being a string
> containing the query string parameter value.
>
> For example:
>
> ?include_docs=true&startkey={"foo":"bar"}&filter={"before":"2010-07-14T"}
>
> would give:
>
> req.query =
> {
> include_docs: 'true',
> startkey: '{"foo":"bar"}',
> filter: '{"before":"2010-07-14T"}'
> }
>
> while:
>
> ?include_docs=true&startkey=["foo","bar"]&filter={"before":"2010-07-14T"}
>
> would give:
>
>
> req.query =
> {
> include_docs: 'true',
> startkey: '["foo", "bar"]',
> filter: '{"before":"2010-07-14T"}'
> }
>
> Now in CouchDB 1.0.0 the I get the JSON.parse'd values of the startkey,
> endkey, and key.
>
> For example
>
> ?include_docs=true&startkey={"foo":"bar"}&filter={"after":"2010-07-14T"}
>
> gives
>
> req.query =
> {
> include_docs: 'true',
> startkey: {"foo":"bar"},
> filter: '{"after":"2010-07-14T"}'
> }
>
> while
>
> ?include_docs=true&startkey=["foo","bar"]&filter={"after":"2010-07-14T"}
>
> gives
>
> req.query =
> {
> include_docs: 'true',
> startkey: ["foo", "bar"],
> filter: '{"after":"2010-07-14T"}'
> }
>
> I couldn't find any documentation about the change. Is this intended and will
> it continue to be the case going forward?
Yes, this will continue going forward -- do you mind adding it to the
Breaking_changes page on the wiki?
Thanks
Chris
