When using a python script that calls curl to delete the objects, it  
remains equally slow. Curl does not have that header problem right?  
Other ideas?


On 5 okt 2009, at 17:14, Robert Newson wrote:

> I haven't checked but it's conceivable that couchdb4j (since it uses
> httpclient) is issuing an "Expect: continue" header, and couchdb,
> until very recently, treated that (incorrectly) case-sensitively,
> causing an unnecessary wait for a timeout.
>
> A trace of http request/response headers for a single delete would
> confirm or deny that hypothesis.
>
> B.
>
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Marijn Stollenga <m.stollenga@gmail.com 
> > wrote:
>> By the way, I use couchdb4j for interfacing with couchdb. I will  
>> try to find
>> out if that is the problem.
>>
>> On 5 okt 2009, at 16:36, Paul Davis wrote:
>>
>>> Views won't affect deletion speeds at all. What version of CouchDB  
>>> on
>>> what operating system are you using? Also, if possible you'll want  
>>> to
>>> group as many deletes as possible into a single _bulk_docs call.
>>>
>>> Regardless of _bulk_docs, 4rps seems slow if you're on one of the
>>> releases. If you're on an older version of trunk, try updating to  
>>> the
>>> current version to see if that helps out.
>>>
>>> Paul Davis
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 9:58 AM, Marijn Stollenga <m.stollenga@gmail.com 
>>> >
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>> I am new to this mailinglist. I am using CouchDB as backend to an  
>>>> online
>>>> game. I notice that deleting documents is really slow (about 4  
>>>> deletes
>>>> per
>>>> second). Is there any way to improve this speed?
>>>> I use several views, do these views prohibit fast deletion? I  
>>>> added a
>>>> view
>>>> is use in the database.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>> Marijn
>>>>
>>>> {
>>>>  "all": {
>>>>      "map": "function(doc) {if (doc.type == 'area'){emit(doc.name,
>>>> doc._id);}}"
>>>>  },
>>>>  "to_character": {
>>>>      "map": "function(doc) {if (doc.type ==
>>>> 'character'){emit(doc.location,
>>>> doc.name);}}"
>>>>  },
>>>>  "to_paths": {
>>>>      "map": "function(doc) {if (doc.type == 'path'){emit(doc.from,
>>>> doc.to);}}"
>>>>  },
>>>>  "path_to_area": {
>>>>      "map": "function(doc) {if (doc.type == 'path'){emit(doc.from +
>>>> doc.name, doc.to);}}"
>>>>  }
>>>> }
>>
>>