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Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:45:31 -0200
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Subject: Re: Redefine the _id
From: Fabio Batalha Cunha dos Santos <fabio.batalha@scielo.org>
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Hi Paul,

Yes This issue I now.

I want to redefine an id that was already defined automatically by the
couchDB.
I already have a lot of register with _id as UUID, I want to change it to
another value.


Thanks,
*Fabio Batalha C. Santos*
Colegiado SciELO
www.scielo.org
FAPESP - CNPq - BIREME - FapUNIFESP


On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 5:05 PM, Paul Davis <paul.joseph.davis@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Fabio Batalha Cunha dos Santos
> <fabio.batalha@scielo.org> wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I'd like to know if is it possible to redefine the _id value. I intend to
> > user a different id from the automatic UUID generated by the couchdb.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > *Fabio Batalha C. Santos*
> > Colegiado SciELO
> > www.scielo.org
> > FAPESP - CNPq - BIREME - FapUNIFESP
> >
>
> Just put to /db_name/docid or POST with an {"_id": "my_id", ...}
>
> Couch only generates an id when you haven't provided one.
>

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