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List and show are not stored procedure. We already discussed that =
Benoit.

http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Formatting_with_Show_and_List

=46rom the documentation: "Show and list functions are side effect free =
and idempotent. They can not make additional HTTP requests against =
CouchDB. Their purpose is to render JSON documents in other formats."

Apples are not pears. I'm not buying it, stop selling list and show like =
stored proc. A stored procedure, in general, is not side effect free or =
idempotent.

> If you just want a database then any KV is enough for your purpose. If =
now
> you want a DBMS which at least I want, then you probably want a way to
> store procedures and such to adapt the query language to your needs. =
Guess,
> what is the purpose of lists and shows?

Not in the way they are. To me, actually list and show are useless. I'm =
sorry, this is what I think. Can we just move on?

-Filippo=

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