yes, i did so. the ':' is invalid for emails, so it's easy to decide whether to strip/prepend or not
On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 11:14:27 +0000 Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > correct, you can't start a doc id with _. It seems simple enough to > solve this by prefixing "email:" to your ids. > > B. > > On 21 February 2013 11:12, Vincenzo Scolaro > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had the same need and I did it this way > > id = md5 (email) > > > > What do you think? > > > > Vincenzo > > > > > > 2013/2/21 svilen <[email protected]> > > > >> hi > >> the docs state that anything can be put in _id, except that it > >> can't start with "_" underscore. > >> > >> still, the _ is valid character for starting email address... > >> effectively meaning that in general, e-mail addresses cannot be > >> used as id (the only enforced unique thing).. and has to be stored > >> as a field. or prepended with something non-underscore. > >> > >> correct? > >> > >> svil > >>
