Fauxton is the new user interface for CouchDB 2.X.X. It's a React dashboard that let you perform most of the CouchDB operations easily and rapidly.
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Trouble logging into CouchDB after restarting
I newly installed CouchDB on my computer and I have been experiencing troubles logging in. As a macOS user, I enter the ini file located at
Library/Preferences/couchdb_local.ini
where I modified the admin section so it looks like
[admins]
username…

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How do I figure out why "Verify Installation" is failing in CouchDB on macOS?
What I'm struggling with:
From the official CouchDB docs page, I first followed the steps here to install the Apache CouchDB native application. When doing "Verify Installation" in Fauxton as it said, it brought up this error:
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HilbertIdeals5
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Editing a `local document` in CouchDb using fauxton
Am I right in thinking that it is not possible to edit/view a local document in a CouchDb database using Fauxton?
I can't see how to do it from the UI, and Googling returns no references to being able to do it.
Local documents aren't a major part of…

ianmayo
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How to disable fauxton interface?
How to disable fauxton interface in couchdb? I'd like to make /_utils endpoint to be treated like a normal endpoint.

Mas Bagol
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Is there a List, show and update function editor in fauxton for CouchDb?
I wonder if there is a way to write some show, list or update functions in a design document as I can do for a view one in Fauxton (with its editor).
When I create a view in Fauxton, I simply click the "Add view..." button. Then, I fill the fields…

Darth Yoh
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CouchDB validation on CRUD events
I am trying to write a validation function for CouchDB that should only run if the used HTTP method is post (which resembles CREATE event in CRUD terms).
This is my code:
function(newDoc, oldDoc, userCtx) {
if (newDoc.type == "post") {
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SomeDutchGuy
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How to fetch records after a particular date
I am trying to fetch the records that has the "effectiveDateOfAction" field greater than Oct'2017. Please find the below 3 records.
{
"_id": "TRAN001",
"_rev": "13-59a53069c1ebd6ecfc23ca1dea0ba28f",
"effectiveDateOfAction": "10-30-2018",
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Creating a validation with CouchDB (Fauxton)
I store products in the following way in a CouchDB database:
{
"_id": "1ce330a867a803fd10082c4513000fe5",
"_rev": "4-a5eae6f790ea8b9cedea53db50a13fef",
"type": "Product",
"name": "Apple",
"price": 1
}
I'd like to create a validation to…

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_dbs.couch keeps dropped db information
I recently wondered why my /var/lib/couchdb/_dbs.couch files kept its filesize when I dropped an entire database. It seems like, anytime I create a (test) db it gets written and stored there, but it never gets entirely removed when I delete the…

jAndy
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Import/load a couchdb 2.0 .couch file into couch 2.1
Somehow my Windows CouchDB 2.0 server acquired hundreds of Shard databases. I made a backup of the data directory. Then I deleted the data directory and install 2.1. Everything is fine.
HOWEVER, I have several *.couch database files that I would…

Larry Eitel
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Couchdb port mapping in yaml file for Hyperledger Fabric V1.0 network setup
Can someone please explain the port mapping in this docker-compose-couch.yaml.
Please look into the following
container_name: couchdb0 -ports: - "5984:5984" -- CORE_LEDGER_STATE_COUCHDBCONFIG_COUCHDBADDRESS=couchdb0:5984
container_name: couchdb1…

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CouchDB "last_seq" number changes when adding since=now
I am getting inconsistent results from CouchDB version 3.2.1.
If I get a list of changes in a database by calling http://docdb.mycouchdb.com/my_database/_changes I get a long list of changes in "results" with the final "seq" value matching what I…

MartinFL
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Disk space in fauxton is not the same in couch shard
the one in CouchDB fauxton indicates a lower disk space than the one in shard. How is this possible? Note: I have only one node

Rav
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Restore CouchDB from .couch files
I'm trying to backup and restore a CouchDB following the official documentation:
https://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/maintenance/backups.html
"However, you can also copy the actual .couch files from the CouchDB data directory (by default, data/) at…

Andre Defremont
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CouchDB Fauxton _replicator db: exclamation stating "This database has just X docs and Y deleted docs"
I am using Fauxton on Apache CouchDB, version 2.3.1.
Next to the # of Docs field for my _replicator db, there is an exclamation point. When I hover over it, it says: This database has just 4 docs and 5 deleted docs.
Here is a screenshot of what I'm…

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