When I remove the text/ prefix I still get the 500 error, and the query interface in the browser starts throwing "undefined" alert boxes. One thing I find confusing is the error is saying application/json is not a defined query language. Is my POST supposed to have Content-Type application/json or text/javascript? I see a mix of both here:
http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Views "Temporary views are not stored in the database, but rather executed on demand. To execute a temporary view, you make an HTTP POST request to the URI /{dbname}/_temp_view, where the body of the request contains the code of the view function and the Content-Type header is set to text/javascript. " OR http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HttpViewApi "Ad Hoc Views One-off queries (eg. views you don't want to save in the CouchDB database) can be done via the special view _temp_view: POST /some_database/_temp_view HTTP/1.0 Content-Length: 48 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:11:10 +0200 Content-Type: application/json { "map" : "function(doc) { if (doc.foo=='bar') { emit(null, doc.foo); } }" } " Seems like conflicting info to accomplish the same thing. On 6/10/08, Jan Lehnardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 10, 2008, at 21:03, Brad King wrote: > > > I tried adding the "language" specifier, but no change. The couch.ini > > section you mentioned looks like this: > > > > [Couch Query Servers] > > > > text/javascript=/usr/local/bin/couchjs -f > > /usr/local/share/couchdb/server/main.js > > > > drop the "text/" prefix and try again, > > thx, > Jan > -- > > > > > > > > > > On 6/10/08, Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Brad, > > > > > > there's an (optional) parameter on view json. try this: > > > > > > { > > > "language": "javascript", > > > "map" : "function(doc) { emit(null, doc); } " > > > } > > > > > > although "javascript" is supposed to be the default, so it makes me > > > wonder if something else s the source of your error. > > > > > > The problem could be with your couch.ini file - > > > /usr/local/etc/couchdb/couch.ini should have a line in > it like this > > > (which is also the default): > > > > > > [Couch Query Servers] > > > > > > javascript=/usr/local/bin/couchjs > /usr/local/share/couchdb/server/main.js > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Brad King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Chris: ah, yes I screwed up the URL, however I still get the 500 after > > > > fixing this: > > > > > > > > POST /product/_temp_view HTTP/1.0 > > > > Content-Type: application/json > > > > Content-Length: 55 > > > > Host: d0002rptdb02:5984 > > > > > > > > { > > > > "map" : "function(doc) { emit(null, doc); } " > > > > } > > > > > > > > Different error though > > > > > > > > HTTP/1.0 500 Internal Server Error > > > > Server: inets/develop > > > > Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:12:52 GMT > > > > Cache-Control: no-cache > > > > Pragma: no-cache > > > > Expires: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:12:52 GMT > > > > Connection: close > > > > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 > > > > > > > > > {"error":"query_language_unknown","reason":"application\/json"} > > > > > > > > > > > > Jan, this is the correct format for an ad-hoc view, no? the page you > > > > linked me to is where I got the info. > > > > > > > > BTW I can browse the database just fine with a web browser, and the > > > > default query runs ok in a browser as well. > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On 6/10/08, Chris Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Brad, > > > > > > > > > > It look like the url: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > POST /product/_test_view HTTP/1.0 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > should be /product/_design/test_view (for a named view) > > > > > > > > > > or /product/_temp_view > > > > > > > > > > assuming your db name is product. > > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Chris Anderson > > > > > http://jchris.mfdz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Chris Anderson > > > http://jchris.mfdz.com > > > > > > > > > > > >
