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[GitHub] [couchdb-documentation] wohali commented on a change in pull request #532: Correct the occurrence of _global_changes

wohali commented on a change in pull request #532:
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-documentation/pull/532#discussion_r419455697



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File path: src/api/server/common.rst
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@@ -453,7 +453,9 @@
 .. http:get:: /_db_updates
     :synopsis: Return the server changes of databases
 
-    Returns a list of all database events in the CouchDB instance.
+    Returns a list of all database events in the CouchDB instance. The
+    existence of the ``_global_changes`` database is required to use this
+    endpoint.

Review comment:
       This is not true.
   
   `/_db_updates` will function if `global_changes` is not present, but it will only show current data, not historical. That is, you cannot provide a `since` token and see historical values; it will act as if you always specify `?since=now`.




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