[COUCHDB-790] validate_doc_update on the _users database fails

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.11
• Component/s: Database Core
• Labels: _users type validation
• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Filipe David Borba Manana
• Reporter: Cliff Stanford
• Created: 10/Jun/10 11:55
• Updated: 22/Nov/10 21:19
• Resolved: 21/Nov/10 14:13

Description

The validate_doc_update on the users database contains the following code:

if ((oldDoc || newDoc).type != 'user') {
throw(

{forbidden : 'doc.type must be user'}

);
} // we only validate user docs for now

However the effect of this is that a user may change his type from "user" but not back again. I don't think this is what was intended.