[COUCHDB-881] Support reduce=false for map-only views since it is just a no-op

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 1.0.2, 1.1
• Component/s: HTTP Interface

Environment

Linux, OSX, Erlang R13B

• Skill Level: Regular Contributors Level (Easy to Medium)
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jason Smith
• Created: 07/Sep/10 22:16
• Updated: 14/Nov/10 23:17
• Resolved: 14/Nov/10 23:17

Description

Currently, a view with no reduce function defined disallows having a `reduce` parameter in the HTTP query.

It would slightly simplify client code to always query views with reduce=false except when a reduction is actually desired. That way, views which have useful map-only and map-reduce output can be queried with the same reduce=false parameter. Currently, if one wants only the map results, one must know whether that view is map-only (reduce parameter should be omitted) or map-reduce (reduce parameter should be set to "false").