Would it be faster to use couchtater to run a one-off search than using a temporary view?
P.S. Couchtato does not roll off the tongue. On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Cliffano Subagio <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Mark, > > No, it doesn't read the db file directly. > > Couchtato interacts with CouchDB via couchdb's http api > http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HTTP_Document_API using Cradle > https://github.com/cloudhead/cradle . > It reads the documents using linked list pagination as described here > http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/recipes.html#fast , Couchtato then applies > all the functions described in its config file (on filesystem) on each > document one by one. > Writing / updating / deleting document are also done via http api. > > It can read about 230000 documents (CouchDB server on an external network) > in about 2.5 minutes, so that's about 1533 docs per second. > > The intention of this tool is to provide an easy way to 'do something' with > documents in couchdb without having to touch the design document on couchdb > itself. > > > Cheers, > Cliff. > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I assume it reads the db file directly. How does it do writes? > > > > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Cliffano Subagio <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'd like to let you know about Couchtato - > > > https://github.com/cliffano/couchtato > > > It's a command line tool (using nodejs) that allows you to apply > > javascript > > > functions against all documents in a database, 'offline' in the sense > > that > > > those javascript functions live in a couchtato config file on your > local > > > filesystem instead of a view on CouchDB server. > > > > > > Couchtato is also handy for: > > > - finding documents with a certain criteria > > > - generating database dumps > > > - updating, deleting, or counting documents > > > > > > Since Couchtato is just a simple command line tool, the users won't > need > > to > > > know much about CouchDB / views / design documents, they only need to > > know > > > the database URL and to create some javascript functions - simple > enough > > > for > > > non-developers. > > > > > > Hopefully this tool can be useful for someone out there. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Cliff > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mark Hahn > > Website Manager > > [email protected] > > 949-229-1012 > > > -- Mark Hahn Website Manager [email protected] 949-229-1012
