From user-return-2355-apmail-couchdb-user-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Dec 24 16:23:45 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 9016 invoked from network); 24 Dec 2008 16:23:45 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 24 Dec 2008 16:23:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 25999 invoked by uid 500); 24 Dec 2008 16:23:43 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 25966 invoked by uid 500); 24 Dec 2008 16:23:43 -0000 Mailing-List: contact user-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: user@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list user@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 25955 invoked by uid 99); 24 Dec 2008 16:23:43 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:23:43 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of ara.t.howard@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.13 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.219.13] (HELO mail-ew0-f13.google.com) (209.85.219.13) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:23:33 +0000 Received: by ewy6 with SMTP id 6so3221011ewy.11 for ; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:23:12 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version :subject:date:references:x-mailer; bh=I3oNRO9vKcI11Y+Mp/10/CAJXwHdWEiNEIaKmdS9eRA=; b=d+0r/XKwT6xciG4Fqd6mN1tL4/iXokOtkwFHNgNbS8AXBtXBiqBs24LLTxt6zXreTv NHKJE/FM/KAto61l3Y/hOKXYDPVG70NCc84eUCekr3Z1C956Vq56tR3Vnw6KsVprlD6W /jxoYVBNPQHMWiINAp+CPPoysst8SUSEYSoDs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:subject:date:references :x-mailer; b=ALOK0VwKK8bjWNclrGNePOLqJMKjIVdtluNu/t/YQ8uMJLS4Pq0kXlO8UbGyquhypp DekQtKQM9tNiPPsgVTgA4OqUIdwkIOrzToQRkxyu27kMSJzxxNK+k/brxxSgwVGUxLYk uAMS+CSp1Uot7V1PQq43Vbjebox6fzgxYvYMY= Received: by 10.210.24.12 with SMTP id 12mr10449327ebx.34.1230135792804; Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:23:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.3? ([65.103.96.46]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 7sm1679668eyg.52.2008.12.24.08.23.10 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 24 Dec 2008 08:23:11 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <0D4F028F-A196-46E2-A533-16DB7F6D9020@gmail.com> From: "ara.t.howard" To: user@couchdb.apache.org In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Subject: Re: Basic re-understanding of reduce. Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:23:08 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.929.2) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Dec 23, 2008, at 7:14 PM, Damien Katz wrote: > You are using the reduce properly. CouchDb reduces everything > regardless of the keys. So what you are seeing is couchdb doing full > reductions of modified nodes during index updates. This gives you > the option of reducing across arbitrary key ranges. > > -Damien i'd like to get some clarification on this - any pointers someone can throw at me? an idiot's guide to reduce as it were? a @ http://codeforpeople.com/ -- we can deny everything, except that we have the possibility of being better. simply reflect on that. h.h. the 14th dalai lama