+1 this is the Couch way
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Jonathan Stott <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Jonathan > > One way to accomplish this is to give each user their own database. > They (and only they + admin) can both read and write from this > database. For operations that need to be performed on the whole > database, the admin can replicate each of the individual databases to > a 'master' database only they can read. > > Regards > Jon > > On 13 February 2011 21:52, Jonathan Geddes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > couchdb users, > > > > I'm thinking of using a couchapp for an upcoming project, but there is > > one capability that I'm unsure of. > > > > I need a database that anyone can post to, but only admin can read > > from. The requirement is to allow users to post personal information > > that other users cannot see. If I understand the couchdb permissions > > model correctly, for a given db, anyone who can create documents can > > also read documents. > > > > Is there a way to do this with a couchapp? It seems a shame to have to > > add "middleware" just to get this one capability. > > > > thanks, > > > > --Jonathan > > >
