what Jens said. We prevent this deliberately. Crowbar it back in at your own risk.
B. On 13 November 2013 15:45, Jens Alfke <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Nov 13, 2013, at 4:48 AM, Hank Knight <[email protected]> wrote: > >> function(doc, req) { >> var http = new XMLHttpRequest(); >> http.open( "GET", "http://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml";, false ); >> http.send( null ); >> emit("xyz",http.responseText); >> } > > Wait, is that supposed to be a map function? Whether or not this is > technically feasible, it’s an incorrect use of map/reduce. > > It’s critical that a map function be a ‘pure' function with no access to > outside state. That is, every time the function is called with the same > input, it must produce the same output. Otherwise you won’t get a > self-consistent index. > > —Jens
