From fb59ccae8d90f6407e5b9d08a302f909778db9b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Wenk Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 23:52:26 +0100 Subject: update documentation explain better what happens with the view index when documents in a view are being processed --- share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst b/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst index f94d65647..4e3b72c42 100644 --- a/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst +++ b/share/doc/src/intro/overview.rst @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.1