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Posted to commits@couchdb.apache.org by rn...@apache.org on 2014/07/10 11:47:10 UTC
[11/50] documentation commit: updated refs/heads/import-master to
fe7f7bf
fix documentation
explain why the HTTP status code 400 will be returned when ?rev=
is included in the request URL
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation/commit/793d70a2
Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation/tree/793d70a2
Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation/diff/793d70a2
Branch: refs/heads/import-master
Commit: 793d70a2ccb0efece834febe9ad2fa5733a5fecb
Parents: 5a4a2ef
Author: Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>
Authored: Fri Mar 21 22:57:04 2014 +0100
Committer: Andy Wenk <an...@nms.de>
Committed: Fri Mar 21 22:57:04 2014 +0100
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src/api/database/common.rst | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
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http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/couchdb-documentation/blob/793d70a2/src/api/database/common.rst
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diff --git a/src/api/database/common.rst b/src/api/database/common.rst
index f715c70..a1483d9 100644
--- a/src/api/database/common.rst
+++ b/src/api/database/common.rst
@@ -223,6 +223,12 @@
Deletes the specified database, and all the documents and attachments
contained within it.
+ .. note::
+
+ To avoid deleting a database, CouchDB will respond with the HTTP status code 400
+ when the request URL includes a ?rev= parameter. This suggests that one wants to delete
+ a document but forgot to add the document id to the URL.
+
:param db: Database name
:<header Accept: - :mimetype:`application/json`
- :mimetype:`text/plain`
@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@
- :mimetype:`text/plain; charset=utf-8`
:>json boolean ok: Operation status
:code 200: Database removed successfully
- :code 400: Invalid database name
+ :code 400: Invalid database name or forgotten document id by accident
:code 401: CouchDB Server Administrator privileges required
:code 404: Database doesn't exist