[COUCHDB-155] status code for invalid database names

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9
• Component/s: Database Core
• Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Michael Hendricks
• Created: 07/Nov/08 21:59
• Updated: 17/Apr/11 08:07
• Resolved: 17/Apr/11 08:07

Description

This is a follow-up from the discussion on [e-mail] that started with mid:[e-mail]

When trying to create a new database with an invalid database name, CouchDB responds with a 500 status code. It should respond with a 400 status code.

Patch to follow.

Issue Links

• is related to: COUCHDB-67 Allow unicode chars in database names and _design documents (was: Allow periods (".") in database names)