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Subject: Re: Spaces in View Names
From: Jan Lehnardt <jan@apache.org>
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:10:23 +0100
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Hi Benjamin,

On 14 Feb 2011, at 16:52, Benjamin Young wrote:

> Hi all,
>=20
> It's currently possible to include space characters in View names, so =
your map/reduce URL can (actually) look like this:
> /db/_design/app/_view/
> (there are 5 spaces at the end of that partial "URL")
>=20
> Encoded it would look like this:
> /db/_design/app/_view/%20%20%20%20%20
>=20
> Needless to say this could be potentially quite confusing--though I =
suppose we could consider it an obfuscation option. :/
>=20
> Should this be considered a "bug" and avoided in future views? or just =
considered an option that one should be careful when using?
>=20
> This came to my attention as Futon currently adds %20's to the names =
when displayed in dropdowns. Futon2, however, doesn't currently do =
that--making it nearly impossible to click the name of the view =
above--it at least looks like a bug in the UI.
>=20
> Additionally, when editing documents with a view named with all =
spaces, the keys are displayed as un-viewable whitespace until you edit =
that chunk. In Futon2 it's currently impossible to edit that piece of =
the document (as you can't click it).
>=20
> As I'm working on Futon2, I'm wanting to determine what's the best way =
to handle spaces in view names. Should they be removed as an option for =
that portion of the URL going forward? Should Futon2 escape them in any =
visual reference to them (as Futon1 currently does in most cases)?
>=20
> Just wanted to get some discussion on this before I picked a way =
forward. :)

Thanks for bringing this up. I think we should not allow spaces in view =
names.

Cheers
Jan
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