Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 60835 invoked from network); 11 Apr 2010 23:55:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 11 Apr 2010 23:55:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 23312 invoked by uid 500); 11 Apr 2010 23:55:17 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 23247 invoked by uid 500); 11 Apr 2010 23:55:17 -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 23239 invoked by uid 99); 11 Apr 2010 23:55:17 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:55:17 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=10.0 tests=AWL,FREEMAIL_FROM,SPF_PASS,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of ben2004uk@googlemail.com designates 74.125.82.52 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.82.52] (HELO mail-ww0-f52.google.com) (74.125.82.52) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:55:12 +0000 Received: by wwd20 with SMTP id 20so1798595wwd.11 for ; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:54:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:received:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=perExKhtTYFYnx7oq4xnpXSsKDUVX7waz8a79xK+T0Y=; b=iBsRY/O+mWklXNhWKO6gibPWH5vXRkDCvXohVMTEsTWN/BHaJ2XBRbHAetWldhksoj 8/rEreLsbi4hoxPF9Suu2Sdci1AI06pg0CWtP2ItKZNmDyBVG3U3ES00h8istm/S9cAg FmXIijlfLl0Yp6fYskaku4R5S3L5nd3SrfwIo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; b=c8vG/znXWviWm58TBbHn/7dICWOAEibOeIw4b0nfYf/5lCF7E0FyBk2UPiA83GvomY X0j6ZotPL5lvQrOm+QixjsD5CJeVOCSrH18oUkXRb4M5nI1bzNQxcf9JdEkW3nJ7hWvx w9B1qQdj+bZz0YQE/lXyZvlkeRGzuN1RChlFs= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.221.24 with HTTP; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:54:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100411194208.GC244@wladimir> References: <2E80D98B-AFE9-46F7-AC0E-3F537B4D7623@merrells.com> <20100411194208.GC244@wladimir> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:54:51 +0100 Received: by 10.216.88.68 with SMTP id z46mr1719231wee.215.1271030091153; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:54:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Subject: Re: purge old revisions of documents From: Ben Hall To: user@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 But what if you wanted to keep some old versions? Doesn't compacting remove all ? On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Michael Ludwig wrote: > John Merrells schrieb am 11.04.2010 um 12:21:57 (-0700): > >> What's the best approach for periodically purging old documents? >> Particularly old revisions of documents. > > Looks like the easiest way is compacting the database, in doing which > you'll lose old revisions. > > -- > Michael Ludwig >