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Robert Newson commented on COUCHDB-1229:
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"After the first "/" to separate the database from the document, there shouldn't be any need to treat "/" characters as being special."

Well, except for attachment urls, surely? /db_name/doc_id/attachment_name


> _update handler doesn't support slashes in doc _id
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1229
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1229
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HTTP Interface
>    Affects Versions: 1.1
>            Reporter: Simon Leblanc
>              Labels: URI, id, update
>
> Let's say you have:
> - a doc with _id foo/bar
> - a show function named baz
> - a update function named baz
> Then _show/baz/foo/bar is valid but _update/baz/foo/bar is not. Only _update/baz/foo%2Fbar works.
> This is particularly annoying when you want to rewrite /something/* to _update/baz/foo/* (rewriting /something/* to _show/baz/foo/* works perfectly).

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