thx
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mar 25, 2013, at 2:35 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> wrote: > > I have a database with a zillion docs that I need to empty. I just want > the design docs left behind. > > If you delete the docs, you’ll leave behind tombstone revisions, so the > database won’t strictly speaking be empty (unless you call purge > afterwards.) > > I googled and saw some techniques that > require writing code. > Could I just GET the docs with curl and then PUT them? > > The fastest way is probably > 1. Create a new database > 2. GET the design docs, PUT them to the new database > 3. Delete the old database > However you’ll be left with a database with a different name. I don’t > think there is any API to rename a database. > > —Jens >
