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From: Zachary Zolton <zachary.zolton@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:37:02 -0600
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Subject: Re: Bulk CSV import?
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What would a function (API, really) look like for importing CSV? Also,
would you need to be able to stream the input data?

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Chris Anderson <jchris@apache.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Brian Candler <B.Candler@pobox.com> wrot=
e:
>> I can use a _list function to export a database in a non-JSON format (e.=
g.
>> CSV)
>>
>> But what about importing? I see there is _update, but as far as I can se=
e it
>> only acts on a single document. =A0Is there something that acts at the
>> database level and can build a bulk_save batch?
>>
>
> This isn't the first request I've heard for this functionality. Maybe
> you can add a Jira ticket?
>
> Chris
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brian.
>>
>
>
>
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> Chris Anderson
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