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Diffstat (limited to 'src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl index f7fd24a8..3e33bd79 100644 --- a/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl +++ b/src/couchdb/couch_httpd_db.erl @@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ handle_request(#httpd{path_parts=[DbName|RestParts],method=Method, {'PUT', []} -> create_db_req(Req, DbName); {'DELETE', []} -> - delete_db_req(Req, DbName); + % if we get ?rev=... the user is using a faulty script where the + % document id is empty by accident. Let them recover safely. + case couch_httpd:qs_value(Req, "rev", false) of + false -> delete_db_req(Req, DbName); + _Rev -> throw({bad_request, + "You tried to DELETE a database with a ?=rev parameter. " + ++ "Did mean to DELETE a document instead?"}) + end; {_, []} -> do_db_req(Req, fun db_req/2); {_, [SecondPart|_]} -> |