Client.GetView(designName, viewName) returns nothing

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1

Hello there,

I am stuck by not getting back any view from the following code:

var view = client.GetView(“test”, “byStyle”);

The cluster.RetrieveDesignDocument returns by the below code are:

{“views”:{“byCategory”:{“map”:“function (doc, meta) {\n emit(meta.id, null)
”},“byStyle”:{“map”:“function (doc, meta) {\n emit(meta.id, null);\n}”}}}

CouchbaseCluster cluster = new CouchbaseCluster(config);
var ret = cluster.RetrieveDesignDocument(“default”, “test”);
Console.WriteLine(ret);

I can’t figure out why client.GetView(“test”, “byStyle”) returns 0 row.

Can somebody please help?

Thanks a ton!

2

Does the view work in the Web UI?

Also, you can add a debug parameter and that will have it add additional logging information in the cluster node’s log directory.

3

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, the view works in the web UI.

Can you elaborate on how to add a debug parameter?

4

Hi lindatang1998 -

I assume you are referring to view.TotalRows? If so, it’s a deferred operation so you must enumerate over it before it’s actually executed:

var view = client.GetView("test", "byStyle"); Assert.AreEqual(view.TotalRows, 0); //will return true

//now we iterate over the enumeration
foreach(var x in view){
//do something
}

Assert.Greater(0, TotalRows); //will return true assuming we have data

Another way to do this is by using the Count() method:

var view = client.GetView("test", "byStyle"); var count = view.Count(); Assert.Greater(0, count); //will return true if data is available

If that is not the problem, in the Couchbase Server Console, make sure that the view is published to production.

-Jeff

5

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the explanation. You are correct about both TotalRows and Count().

Thanks!