Thanks, Kiril-- I'll give that a try.
My fallback option is to move this logic into the Node.js/Express tier,
but I'd prefer to use a more elegant approach via CouchDB, if possible.
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Kiril Stankov wrote:
> Can't you use a for cycle?
> For example in an update handler?
>
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> *With best regards,*
> Kiril Stankov
>
> On 15.12.2016 г. 21:56, David Squier wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have a master document that contains multiple references to child
> > documents. I want to use the Linked Documents feature to "compose" a
> > master document that replaces all the child document references (i.e.,
> > keys) with the actual document contents.
> >
> >
> > I can do this with a single linked document using the following emit
> > in a view:
> >
> >
> > emit(doc._id, { _id: "child_document_1" });
> >
> >
> >
> > With the include_docs=true, this populates the document contents for
> > child_document_1 as expected. However, I have not found a way do this
> > for multiple documents.
> >
> >
> > For example, I'd like to do something like the following:
> >
> >
> >
> > emit(doc._id, "children": { _id: "child_document_1", _id:
> > "child_document_2" });
> >
> >
> > And have both child documents replaced with their document bodies._id.
> > However, it appears the Linked Documents syntax is specific in wanting a
> > single document referenced and therefore only allowing that documents
> > contents to be populated.
> >
> >
> > Is this even possible? If not through Views, through some other
> > mechanism?
> >
> >
> > NOTE: I do not want to generate multiple documents (i.e., use multiple
> > emit() statements) as my goal is to return a single document.
> >
> >
> > Thanks much!
> >
> >
> >
>
