Many thanks Heiko - That works on a method level so doesn't affect the properties in my objects that need null as a value (Yes, the irony hasn't escaped me.......).
I love couchdb. On 9 October 2010 15:57, Heiko Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey John, > > maybe the jackson annotation @JsonWriteNullProperties(false) could help > you? > > cheers, > Heiko > > > On 10/09/2010 04:24 PM, John Logsdon wrote: > > I understand the difference but i'm not sure it's really an issue. > > > > My request is born out of convenience as i'm using a statically typed > > language (Java), a json parser(jackson) with auto marshalling and I'm > trying > > to use the same java beans regardless of whether it's a new Object or > > existing since I have rather a lot of classes to store in couchdb. > > > > It may be possible to fix this in the client but I thought it was worth > > asking! > > > > John > > > > > > On 8 October 2010 23:50, Paul Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 6:43 PM, John Logsdon <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I'd like to be able to support the following scenario: > >>> > >>> curl -XPOST -H"Content-Type: application/json" > http://localhost:5984/uta-d > >>> '{"_id": null, "_rev":null,"x":"y"}' > >>> > >>> Which returns: > >>> > >>> {"error":"bad_request","reason":"Document id must be a string"} > >>> > >>> I'd like the above to work the same as this command: > >>> > >>> curl -XPOST -H"Content-Type: application/json" > http://localhost:5984/uta-d > >>> '{"x":"y"}' > >>> > >>> which returns: > >>> > >>> > >> > {"ok":true,"id":"c9fd97f3eb58fdb62ef7a80440001662","rev":"1-935564bc7ec7e86aa82ecec3face18f6"} > >>> > >>> Is there a reason why couchdb doesn't do the same action on a null > >> _id/_rev > >>> as it does when the fields aren't present? > >>> > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> John > >>> > >> A value of null is not equivalent to no value. Null is a value and its > >> not a valid document id. Hence, the error. > >> > >> I don't like the idea of silently discarding it and creating a new > >> document with a random doc id. I can see this causing lots of > >> headaches when someone has a bug and doesn't realize their code is > >> just creating random documents. > >> > >> Paul Davis > >> > > > > > > -- John Logsdon CEO NetDev Limited +44 1273 773661 +44 7899 811245 http://www.netdev.co.uk Registered in England and Wales Company Number 04741258
