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Benoit Chesneau commented on COUCHDB-576:
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about uuid for dbs i don't see the point as well. What if a db is replicated to another? What is the uuid usage in that case?
                
> Require current update_seq when deleting a database for extra safety.
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>
>                 Key: COUCHDB-576
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/COUCHDB-576
>             Project: CouchDB
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: Database Core
>            Reporter: Robert Newson
>            Assignee: Benoit Chesneau
>         Attachments: delete-db-safety-with-tests.patch
>
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> Require the current update_seq before deleting a database to prevent accidental deletion.
> DELETE /db2?seq=12

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