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| author | Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de> | 2014-03-21 22:57:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Andy Wenk <andy@nms.de> | 2014-03-21 22:57:04 +0100 |
| commit | 29256149029714af6379dadd62022ee6f46b58ec (patch) | |
| tree | 29a2d3791f58382a0a7ba3e291c662861bb90055 | |
| parent | ebbee3c58390430b5095ba9977720f7f409bab3f (diff) | |
| download | couchdb-29256149029714af6379dadd62022ee6f46b58ec.tar.gz | |
fix documentation
explain why the HTTP status code 400 will be returned when ?rev=
is included in the request URL
| -rw-r--r-- | share/doc/src/api/database/common.rst | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/src/api/database/common.rst b/share/doc/src/api/database/common.rst index f715c70c8..a1483d94d 100644 --- a/share/doc/src/api/database/common.rst +++ b/share/doc/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 |