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Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:35:24 -0400
From: "Paul Davis" <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>
To: couchdb-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: couchDB gave up building views
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On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Yuuki Takano <ytakano@jaist.ac.jp> wrote:
> Thank you for your responses.
>
> I looked up views such as
> /_view/votes/votes?count=3D10&group=3Dtrue
>
>> Yeah, that means your map function took too long to complete a map
>> operation. (5 seconds IIRC). If your map functions are taking that
>> long you should reexamine them. (That's per group of docs sent, not
>> the entire operation mind you)
>
> This means I have to look up "/_view/votes/votes?count=3D10&group=3Dtrue"
> repeatedly until receiving valid responses.
> After repeating reasonable times, I can get responses I want.
> Is that right?
>

One, your HTTP request should block until the view returns. If the
HTTP request times out you can just try again, or notify your user, or
what ever is appropriate.

The first time you query the view, it will try start a process that
irregardless of subsequence requests, will build the entire view.

The error that you received about the timeout in couch means your map
functions have a bug that is preventing them from returning data to
couch. Aftering fixing that issue, things should work smoothly.

HTH,
Paul

>
>
> 2008/10/20 Paul Davis <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>:
>> Yeah, that means your map function took too long to complete a map
>> operation. (5 seconds IIRC). If your map functions are taking that
>> long you should reexamine them. (That's per group of docs sent, not
>> the entire operation mind you)
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:47 AM, Yuuki Takano <ytakano@jaist.ac.jp> wrot=
e:
>>> Thank you for your quick response.
>>>
>>> When I looking up views, the process "couchjs" is running and takes
>>> 90% of CPU resources.
>>> However, that process stop after receiving following response.
>>>
>>> {"error":"error","reason":"{{nocatch,{map_process_error,\"map function
>>> timed out\"}},
>>>  [{couch_query_servers,readline,2},
>>>  {couch_query_servers,read_json,1},
>>>  {couch_query_servers,prompt,2},
>>>  {couch_query_servers,'-rereduce\/3-fun-0-',3},
>>>  {lists,zipwith,3},\n  {couch_query_servers,rereduce,3},
>>>  {couch_view,'-init_group\/4-fun-0-',4},
>>>  {couch_btree,'-write_node\/3-lc$^0\/1-0-',3}]}"}
>>>
>>> So, I think couchDB gave up building views despite it had to continue.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2008/10/20 Paul Davis <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>:
>>>> Also, i think there's work on a patch to be able to query couch on the
>>>> status of view generation. If not, sorry to get your hopes up.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Ed Finkler <funkatron@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>>>>> What's probably timing out is your http request, not the view
>>>>> building. Views with a large number of docs can take a while to build
>>>>> initially, but the build process will continue even if your request
>>>>> times out. Typically I keep an eye on the cpu usage on the couchjs
>>>>> process(es) to see when it calms down =96 that usually means the buil=
d
>>>>> is done.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Ed Finkler
>>>>> http://funkatron.com
>>>>> AIM: funka7ron
>>>>> ICQ: 3922133
>>>>> Skype: funka7ron
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Yuuki Takano <ytakano@jaist.ac.jp> w=
rote:
>>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I inserted 20,000 documents into couchDB, and looked up views of it.
>>>>>> However , couchDB gave up building views because of timed out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The views were quite simple, such as
>>>>>>
>>>>>> function(doc) {
>>>>>>    if (doc.type =3D=3D 'vote') {
>>>>>>        emit([doc.service, doc.user, doc.item], doc);
>>>>>>    }
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems that couchDB does not support many documents at this versio=
n (0.8.1).
>>>>>> Is that right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Yuuki Takano <ytakano@jaist.ac.jp>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>