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Posted to user@couchdb.apache.org by Paul Davis <pa...@gmail.com> on 2011/10/01 22:39:48 UTC

Re: Can an update funtion be run on the result of a view?

Nope. Update functions can't make HTTP calls or be used on view output.

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:52 AM, bsquared <bw...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am asking in reference to the empty _id issue.  if a view is run that
> returns a list of document revisions with empty id fields, can an update
> be run on that list to mark the items deleted?
>
> Or, can a view be run from within an update to get the same result?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Brian Winfrey
>
>