| Here is the reference for update handlers for anyone wanting to check it out: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/ddocs.html#update-function... It still requires writing code, and moving it into the database. Once that is done, how do you call that function against an arbitrary list of documents and pass the new values to it without writing even more code somewhere? This workflow of putting code/logic in the db is that it is forcing developers out of their preferred development environment, workflow, and most likely language. Not to mention the fact that debugging all these couchdb functions and map/reduce calls becomes a nightmare. And testing - not sure how that could be done efficiently. All of this this slows development. It is possible to implement some web apps completely in static html, js, and couchdb, eliminating the need for anything server side. In those cases, couchdb is one of a kind. |