Brad, It's starting to sound like you might have an aberrant checkout - maybe try starting from scratch with a new checkout of
http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/couchdb/trunk and see if that helps. For instance, the text/javascript => javascript transition is pretty recent, as is the use of application/json as the mime type. On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 12:25 PM, Brad King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> >> > -- Chris Anderson http://jchris.mfdz.com
