I thought that every write triggered a view rebuild and that the stale option only meant a read didn't have to wait for a current rebuild to finish. That would means the views are pretty much up-to-date.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > True, but remember couchdb doesn't automatically keep indexes fresh in > the background, so "stale" can be "really really stale". ;) > > B. > > > On 20 November 2013 22:34, Simon Metson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unless your app can deal with querying the view stale. > > > > > > On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 21:56, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > >> I meant http view requests were blocked. It is waiting for the view > >> rebuild. > >> > >> I'm can't type what I'm thinking today. > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > never mind. I wasn't talking about the file level at all. I meant that > >> > http read requests are blocked after http update requests. > >> > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > "DB reads are blocked by DB updates at the http level." > >> > > > >> > > Nope, there's a process that can read the database and a separate > one > >> > > for writing to it. Writing to an append only file is obviously > >> > > serialized but there's no need to block reads. > >> > > > >> > > B. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On 20 November 2013 21:35, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > Database writes are not coupled to view updates. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I understand now, you are talking about file read/write level. DB > reads > >> > > > are blocked by DB updates at the http level. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Robert Newson < > [email protected] > >> > > > wrote: > >> > > > > >> > > > > "A write requires updating views and reads have to wait for the > update" > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Is not true. Database writes are not coupled to view updates. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Sent from my iPad > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > On 20 Nov 2013, at 20:59, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > A write requires updating views and reads have > >> > > > > > to wait for the update > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > >
