Nope, views are updated on read, hence the "blocking" behaviour you describe. You can query with update_after, which returns the stale index then triggers the update.
On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 22:43, Mark Hahn wrote: > I thought that every write triggered a view rebuild and that the stale > option only meant a read didn't have to wait for a current rebuild to > finish. That would means the views are pretty much up-to-date. > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> wrote: > > > True, but remember couchdb doesn't automatically keep indexes fresh in > > the background, so "stale" can be "really really stale". ;) > > > > B. > > > > > > On 20 November 2013 22:34, Simon Metson <si...@cloudant.com> wrote: > > > Unless your app can deal with querying the view stale. > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, 20 November 2013 at 21:56, Mark Hahn wrote: > > > > > > > I meant http view requests were blocked. It is waiting for the view > > > > rebuild. > > > > > > > > I'm can't type what I'm thinking today. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > never mind. I wasn't talking about the file level at all. I meant that > > > > > http read requests are blocked after http update requests. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:52 PM, Robert Newson <rnew...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > "DB reads are blocked by DB updates at the http level." > > > > > > > > > > > > Nope, there's a process that can read the database and a separate > > one > > > > > > for writing to it. Writing to an append only file is obviously > > > > > > serialized but there's no need to block reads. > > > > > > > > > > > > B. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 November 2013 21:35, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Database writes are not coupled to view updates. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I understand now, you are talking about file read/write level. DB > > reads > > > > > > > are blocked by DB updates at the http level. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Robert Newson < > > robert.new...@gmail.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "A write requires updating views and reads have to wait for the > > update" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is not true. Database writes are not coupled to view updates. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 20 Nov 2013, at 20:59, Mark Hahn <m...@reevuit.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A write requires updating views and reads have > > > > > > > > > to wait for the update > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
