Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1F09B9DC1 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:18:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 44553 invoked by uid 500); 27 Sep 2011 18:18:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-user-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 44486 invoked by uid 500); 27 Sep 2011 18:18:11 -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 44478 invoked by uid 99); 27 Sep 2011 18:18:11 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:18:11 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.68.5.16] (HELO relay02.pair.com) (209.68.5.16) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:18:02 +0000 Received: (qmail 78858 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2011 18:17:39 -0000 Received: from 208.185.212.98 (HELO ?10.17.4.221?) (208.185.212.98) by relay02.pair.com with SMTP; 27 Sep 2011 18:17:39 -0000 X-pair-Authenticated: 208.185.212.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: how to delete document with empty _id From: Damien Katz In-Reply-To: <86k48vt8mt.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:17:39 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <2432A248-3DD9-45F8-8277-0AC6A73B0353@apache.org> References: <86k48vt8mt.fsf@gmail.com> To: user@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org I think you can use bulk docs like this to delete it: {"docs":[ {_id:"", _deleted:true}]} -Damien On Sep 26, 2011, at 12:18 PM, bsquared wrote: > > Hello, > I have a document that was created with an empty _id field. I > think I did this with an update experiment. How can I access the > document to delete it? > > -- > Regards, > Brian Winfrey >