On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Delta 2038<[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Paul Davis > <[email protected]>wrote: > > validate_doc_update functions probably won't ever be able to access >> anything outside of the data provided in the function signature. >> Allowing a validator to access external resources could end up causing >> lots of weirdness during replication and what not. >> >> That said, the new _update handlers may be open to having HTTP >> support. I'm not entirely certain on the implications here and if we >> do allow it, we'll have to revisit some of the curl handlers. > > > Are these _update handlers present in 0.9.x or an upcoming release? Where > can I find more information about what they are and how to use them? We're > looking for ways to handle server-side processing of input data such as > modification timestamps, etc. If that's something the _update handlers can > perform, that eliminates at least part of the need to have say a reverse > proxy that's capable of massaging the input data sitting in front of > CouchDB. > > Thanks. >
They were just committed a couple days ago. I haven't seen anyone create a Wiki page so as usual the best documentation is in the unit tests. Paul
