Analytics Using validate_doc_update

[Vikkie Johl <vi...@gmail.com>]

Hi !,

Whenever I save a new document, I want perform some analytics based on the
previously (last) saved document. Is there any way I go do the same, I
tried using validate_doc_update but not much help.

Regards,
Vikkie

Re: Analytics Using validate_doc_update

[Dave Cottlehuber <dc...@jsonified.com>]

On 1 October 2012 12:58, Vikkie Johl <vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi !,
>
> Whenever I save a new document, I want perform some analytics based on the
> previously (last) saved document. Is there any way I go do the same, I
> tried using validate_doc_update but not much help.
>
> Regards,
> Vikkie

Hey Vikkie,

I moved this to user@ as it's more appropriate. Welcome to CouchDB :-)

    function(newDoc, oldDoc, userCtx) { … stuff …}

This is the spec for a validation function[1]. So you have all the
oldDoc version available to play with**

I assume you mean last saved version of the same doc, and not the n-1
doc that was PUT.

Don't forget that:
- the oldDoc will only be available if you are providing an id either
in the URL or in the doc body
- the validation function is also run during replication
- not all versions of a document are passed during replication, only
the latest leaf docs on each branch***
[1]: http://guide.couchdb.org/draft/validation.html
[2]: http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Document_Update_Validation

**: caveat that you can't get to the body of attachments, you can only
read the stubs.
***: hand-wavey

Re: Analytics Using validate_doc_update

[Dave Cottlehuber <dc...@jsonified.com>]

Replied on user@.

On 1 October 2012 12:58, Vikkie Johl <vi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi !,
>
> Whenever I save a new document, I want perform some analytics based on the
> previously (last) saved document. Is there any way I go do the same, I
> tried using validate_doc_update but not much help.
>
> Regards,
> Vikkie