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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:07:18 -0800
Message-ID: <e282921e0911292007v58ffb187xf86ef126383c3fd6@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: Re: filters for _changes dont seem to work
From: Chris Anderson <jchris@apache.org>
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On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:12 AM, slubowsky@netzero.net
<slubowsky@netzero.net> wrote:
> I am trying to use a simple filter to filter the changes I get when askin=
g for changes using the _changes API.
>
> I find that often the filter is not even called (I write a message to the=
 log when the filter is called, when it returns false, and when it returns =
true) and I don't get changes I should have received (especially changes to=
 existing documents, new documents seem to do better, deletes never get inc=
luded, not even the first one).
>

I've committed a test and a fix for the case where a longpoll would
return with an empty results list when the first change does not match
the filter.

This fix should make the behavior more predictable. Please try it
again and let me know how it works.

Thanks for reporting.

Chris


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