Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 15003 invoked from network); 10 Jan 2009 18:53:33 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 10 Jan 2009 18:53:33 -0000 Received: (qmail 55948 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jan 2009 18:53:32 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 55918 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jan 2009 18:53:32 -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 55907 invoked by uid 99); 10 Jan 2009 18:53:32 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:53:32 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.5 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS,WEIRD_PORT X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (nike.apache.org: domain of antony.blakey@gmail.com designates 209.85.198.224 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.198.224] (HELO rv-out-0506.google.com) (209.85.198.224) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:53:23 +0000 Received: by rv-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id g37so9854587rvb.35 for ; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:53:02 -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=23Vmfd8Xvdln6mchd5drdjhewAZUEETlsaZXsLLsTUo=; b=OVD+IWxgpQuUqmgMYME+kDOFhAA8XKSNGic9k2xCTfCnu+dpFbyEps5Bf0OHkT71hN GZPP9cLYiYVW7f9iGcpM8wvBb2obQkv+vxgq+CxjLpndJEfiWbdS38Y6WMUaV2Oj+20v y8tIyxH7DVVgmaxtL5xsPp5OJ3jiIb3b/BgzY= 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=Zrp7ZhnjGBp8jP7Y8x1nG16RMacUloEMf+rhRTbOjL+g6mbYDN0fX3dF9kv0wOk5i+ L3h/9IeK6hEdVbayimMMOXjP7+jztX6HcWObAWyp3rWxq0aS6WrkHvUuqS0FE92nMngr GiVwBF/yT6cerU8RaG4YvLjNASoIA+D75btRE= Received: by 10.141.33.19 with SMTP id l19mr13434574rvj.294.1231613582143; Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:53:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.0.16? (ppp121-45-81-35.lns10.adl6.internode.on.net [121.45.81.35]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c20sm3739531rvf.8.2009.01.10.10.53.00 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:53:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: From: Antony Blakey 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 v930.3) Subject: Re: Considerations for lots and lots of databases? Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 05:22:57 +1030 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 11/01/2009, at 5:12 AM, Robert Koberg wrote: > "Note also that a / character in a DB name must be escaped when used > in a URL; if your DB is named his/her then it will be available at > [WWW] http://localhost:5984/his%2Fher. " > > I thought it would just create the directory 'his%2Fher' > > If new, do you still need to escape the slash in a URL? Couch will see the name "his/her" because the URL will be decoded. The %2F is purely a URL encoding issue to ensure that the dbname is a single URL path segment. Antony Blakey -------------------------- CTO, Linkuistics Pty Ltd Ph: 0438 840 787 75% of statistics are made up on the spot.