Did you try something like this: http://localhost:5984/mytestdb/_all_docs?startkey="61268dcc7808ca35fb3fb2b103db4abc";
Some of the url parameters need to be json encoded, but I have trouble remembering exactly which ones. (pretty sure startkey needs to be, but maybe we should have a wiki page for that.) For debugging, I tend to use lots of ?DEBUG macros in the code. Generally when diagnosing a specific error I try to use requests via curl so I can reduce the noise of the browser requesting Futon's static media. Others also use Firebug or similar tools. I don't really use the interactive shell mainly because I'm not overly comfortable with erlang. HTH, Paul On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:22 PM, Roberto R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm new to CouchDB, so this might be something that was already asked. I > did search the mail archives though. Anyway, here's a bunch of questions: > > What is the best way to run CouchDB for debugging? > I've gone through the "Contributing" page on the wiki to build (but not > install) from svn and put together a development config file, but for some > reason, I'm getting a crash on startup. The 0.8.1 release is installed just > fine, and I made sure it's not running. > > Apart from getting the latest code running, what is the recommended way to > debug an error? > Do you use the couchdb Erlang interactive shell? > Is there an easy way to kick-off the Erlang debugger with CouchDB? > Do you create your own HTTP requests in the shell or just use the JavaScript > tests? What if you want to see intermediate values? > > I'm basically trying to figure out why a simple startkey request is causing > an error -- > http://localhost:5984/mytestdb/_all_docs?startkey=61268dcc7808ca35fb3fb2b103db4abc > > The returned JSON error message shows that it's occuring in cjson tokenize, > which makes me want to figure out what is happening at that point in the > code. > > Thanks! > > Roberto >
