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Subject: Re: virtualizing databases
From: Stephen Bartell <snbartell@gmail.com>
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I originally stated that I want to do this redirection at the couch =
level.  Adam and Simon both mentioned that this is probably best done =
outside of couch.  I think I've seen the light. Often times I still need =
access to the original database. If I am proxying at the couch level, =
then I can never get to that original database.  If I needed to access a =
redirected database, then I would need to go through the proxy. But if I =
need to access the original database for whatever reason, I could still =
log into the couch server and access it.

Aliasing, remote or local, seems to be useful only when one version of =
that database is exposed at a time.


On May 31, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Benoit Chesneau <bchesneau@gmail.com> =
wrote:

> On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Stephen Bartell <snbartell@gmail.com> =
wrote:
>> Thanks guys.
>>=20
>> Benoit, it looks like the alias improvement  you are talking about is =
couchdb-1736? It still looks like its baking. What I need is something a =
little bigger than aliases though. I'd like the ability to redirect to a =
remote Couch.
>=20
> You can probably use the proxy handler in couch to do that
>=20
>   [httpd_global_handlers]
>   remotedb =3D {couch_httpd_proxy, handle_proxy_req,
> <<"http:/host:port/remotedb">>}
>=20
> - benoit