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Posted to commits@couchdb.apache.org by rn...@apache.org on 2014/07/10 11:47:07 UTC
[08/50] documentation commit: updated refs/heads/import-master to
fe7f7bf
update documentation
explain better what happens with the view index when documents
in a view are being processed
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Branch: refs/heads/import-master
Commit: 7ed3674d5a2f41084c2b36f7372073c4f194be78
Parents: 091983c
Author: Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>
Authored: Thu Mar 20 23:52:26 2014 +0100
Committer: Andy Wenk <an...@apache.org>
Committed: Thu Mar 20 23:52:26 2014 +0100
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diff --git a/src/intro/overview.rst b/src/intro/overview.rst
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@@ -198,9 +198,10 @@ simultaneous client readers, who can read and query the view while the index
is concurrently being refreshed for other clients without causing problems
for the readers.
-As documents are examined, their previous row values are removed from the
-view indexes, if they exist. If the document is selected by a view function,
-the function results are inserted into the view as a new row.
+As documents are processed by the view engine through your 'map' and 'reduce'
+functions, their previous row values are removed from the view indexes, if
+they exist. If the document is selected by a view function, the function results
+are inserted into the view as a new row.
When view index changes are written to disk, the updates are always appended
at the end of the file, serving to both reduce disk head seek times during