On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 1:32 PM, sgoto <[email protected]> wrote: > hi couchdb, > > are there any plans for supporting multi columns in couchdb (eg update > one column for a key without re writing the entire row) ?
I am not a CouchDB guru, but from reading the docs it is clear to me the answer is no. For one thing, your proposed change would break the "crash only" design of CouchDB, one of its best features. See here: """ On-disk, CouchDB never overwrites committed data or associated structures, ensuring the database file is always in a consistent state. This is a “crash-only” design where the CouchDB server does not go through a shut down process, it’s simply terminated. """ http://couchdb.apache.org/docs/overview.html If you want in-place updates, and you are ready to pay its price in terms of reliability and/or deployment complexity, try MongoDB. -- Luciano Ramalho programador repentista || stand-up programmer Twitter: @luciano
