On 11 September 2010 02:32, Robert Wierschke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > can I update/add a specific field of a document without GET the old version > of the complete document and PUT the new version. E.g. something like > > curl -X GET http://localhost:5984/mydb/mydocument/newfield -d {"newfild": > "new value"}
No. You need to PUT the whole doc. You can avoid most of the fetch if you don't need the original doc, by just getting HEAD. > Is it possible to GET a specific field without creating a view that selects > the field? No. > kind regards > robert cheers Dave
