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Robert Newson commented on COUCHDB-1026:
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The committed patch is not the one attached to this JIRA as no license was granted.
                
> Database names are not encoded in the rewriter
> ----------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-1026
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-1026
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: HTTP Interface
>    Affects Versions: 1.0.1
>            Reporter: Benjamin Young
>            Priority: Blocker
>             Fix For: 1.3
>
>         Attachments: ASF.LICENSE.NOT.GRANTED--encode_db_name_in_rewriter.patch, rewrite_db_with_forward_slashes.js
>
>
> If a database includes special characters (such as / "forward slash"), then the rewriter will fail to find the correct database and send a 404 error:
> {"error":"not_found","reason":"no_db_file"}
> The attached patch simply adds a url_encode step around DbName.

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