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The "Partial_Updates" page has been changed by MarkHahn: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Partial_Updates?action=diff&rev1=3&rev2=4 - ## page was copied from Working_with_Forms <<Include(EditTheWiki)>> <<TableOfContents(3)>> - CouchDB supports HTML forms in a number of ways. Some useful HTML5 references are [[http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/forms/html5forms|html5rocks]] and the definitive [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Forms_in_HTML|Forms in HTML]] and [[https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTML/Element/form|the Form element]]. + Future versions of Couch DB are expected to have a partial update feature. Partial updates can be issued now with current versions of Couch using the existing update handler feature. - == Forms without client-side Javascript == + == What is a partial update == - A standard form and submit can be handled by CouchDB by using [[Document_Update_Handlers]] to capture and process the POSTed data. + A partial update is a single HTTP request to Couch that is similar to a normal update (PUT). However the partial update request contains only information for updating (or deleting) one or more fields (or sub-fields) of a doc. Only the change information needs to be sent over HTTP, not the entire doc. - === A minimal HTML5 form === + === Why is a partial update useful === + + {{{ <!DOCTYPE html>
