Maybe you can show us what you tried that didn't work?
Perhaps it's just that a period ('.') is not allowed in a database name.On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:33, Chris Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am relatively new to couch and have tried searching for the answer to > this, but have not been very successful. I currently use python for the bulk > of my scripting and would like to start using couch for the database. The > challenge I am up against is that I am trying to create a database based on > a variable within a python script. I have tried using the couchdb library > and I have not been successful in using it with variable substitution. > > As an example, I would like to create a new database each time the script is > run. The database name will be a time stamp >>>>db_name = strftime("%Y%m%d.%H%M%S") >>>>print db_name > 20101201.114428 > > Is there a way to create the database either directly using the actual > command or through variable substitution? > > Chris > > >
