CouchDB create database response error is wrong
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                 Key: COUCHDB-967
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-967
             Project: CouchDB
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Database Core
    Affects Versions: 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.2, 2.0
         Environment: Mac OS X Snow Leopard
            Reporter: Filippo Fadda
            Priority: Minor


When you try to create a database with a "/" inside name, the following error is returned. For example:

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Database name: /invalid/name/
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_ using cURL _

http://127.0.0.1:5984/invalid/name/

HTTP Status Code: 404 Not Found
CouchDB Error: not_found
CouchDB Reason: no_db_file

Now, the documentation says:

"A database must be named with all lowercase letters (a-z), digits (0-9), or any of the _$()+-/ characters and must end with a slash in the URL. The name has to start with a lowercase letter (a-z). "

But we know that a database name can't contain the "/" character, but it must end with "/". So the documentation is wrong and the reported error is wrong too.

CouchDB infast must report the same error provided when you try to create a database named "Invalidname" with the first letter uppercase, like in the following example:


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Database name: /Invalidname/
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_ using cURL _

http://127.0.0.1:5984/Invalidname/

HTTP Status Code: 400 Bad Request
CouchDB Error: illegal_database_name
CouchDB Reason: Only lowercase characters (a-z), digits (0-9), and any of the characters _, $, (, ), +, -, and / are allowed. Must begin with a letter.

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