[COUCHDB-741] incompete error message when creating database with invalid name

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Trivial
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: Database Core, Documentation
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Andrew Alexander
• Created: 17/Apr/10 22:18
• Updated: 24/Jun/10 16:36
• Resolved: 24/Jun/10 16:36

Description

The illegal_database_name reason fails to specify all the requirements, causing it to be misleading. See example below. (failed to begin with a letter)

x@dev:$ restclient http://127.0.0.1:5984/4df57220060c10afb9aad04dec097388
{
"error": "illegal_database_name",
"reason": "Only lowercase characters (a-z), digits (0-9), and any of the characters _, $, (, ), +, -, and / are allowed"
}