[COUCHDB-1636] Views code in design documents missing the "language" property cannot be updated via futon

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: Futon
• Labels: javascript newbie patch
• Skill Level: New Contributors Level (Easy)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Marcello Barnaba
• Created: 04/Jan/13 16:19
• Updated: 30/Jan/17 23:38
• Resolved: 31/Oct/14 15:32

Description

As reported by Lleïr Borras (http://tu.llegeix.me/), it is not possible to update a materialized view code through the Futon if its design document does not contain the "language" property.

On such a design document, when clicking "Save" in the the "database.html?db/_design/doc/_view/name" page, the following error occurs:

Cannot save view because the design document language is "undefined", not "javascript".

But, in the server code[1], "javascript" is the default value for the language property if it is undefined: so, I think that the correct solution is to make the futon implement the same behavior.

[1]: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/blob/master/src/couchdb/couch_query_servers.erl#L327