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Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 23:39:39 +0000
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Subject: Re: Updating a user document in _users db
From: Robert Newson <rnewson@apache.org>
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In 1.2.0 onward;

        When a "password" field is present, save_doc() will hash the password
        and write the result to the "password_sha" field, add a "salt" field
        and delete the "password" field:

B.

On 4 February 2013 23:28, Mark Hahn <mark@hahnca.com> wrote:
> You either have to include them or use an update handler.  An update
> handler can just modify some of the fields and leave the others untouched.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Pulkit Singhal <pulkitsinghal@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> If I want to update a user document in the _users db but I don't attach the
>> password_sha and salt fields ... does that mean that those fields will be
>> cleared from my document and the user will go back to not having a
>> password?
>>
>> Should I perform an update with those fields included as well?
>>
>> I'm talking about CouchDB v1.2.0 in particular but if someone wants to
>> share info about another version, I'm listening.
>>
>> - Pulkit
>>