Mmmm! I think (python)json.tool in Vim put each doc's contents in alphabetical order, not CouchDB. Is there a way of forcing json.tool NOT to sort?? Can't find it so far.
On 13 February 2017 at 14:39, John Le Brasseur <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Joan. > Thanks especially for the tip that _all_docs is a view!! > I am working on this matter, but find the GET docs are also sorted > alphabetically which is irritating as the original docs had a sequence for > a reason. Is there a way to avoid the sorting of the output. > I presume once updated the order is permanent. > > > On 12 February 2017 at 22:42, Joan Touzet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John, >> >> The standard procedure generally is a GET-modify-PUT cycle, one document >> at a time. >> >> Remember that _all_docs is basically a built in view. You're presumably >> adding include_docs=true to that view request to get the format you're >> seeing (or your client is doing this for you). >> >> A simple: >> >> doc = doc.doc >> >> or equivalent in your language should limit scope to just the document >> itself. >> >> Good luck, >> Joan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "John Le Brasseur" <[email protected]> >> > To: [email protected] >> > Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 10:19:42 AM >> > Subject: Getting, editing and (re-)Posting docs to update them: >> > >> > Hi. >> > I am getting(GET) all the docs from my database in order to try and >> > update >> > certain data in all of them and then POST the edited docs to update >> > the >> > database. >> > >> > >> > However, the documents contain extra data which looks like this: >> > >> > "id": "d8d006c66c0e4555bf12e5d086003010", >> > "key": "d8d006c66c0e4555bf12e5d086003010", >> > "value": { >> > "rev": "28-38526f3787b1fcedc82624419709c347" >> > }, >> > "doc": { .... >> > >> > >> > This is followed by the actual document: >> > >> > "_id": "d8d006c66c0e4555bf12e5d086003010", >> > "_rev": "28-38526f3787b1fcedc82624419709c347", >> > ...........etc. >> > >> > >> > >> > Is there a way to get output without this data added? >> > >> > If not I presume one must remove this manually every time one wishes >> > to >> > edit documents. >> > >> > Many thanks. >> > >> > John >> > >> > > John > > > John
