Didn't have a close look, but it seems like a bug in riak-js. Please open an issue at https://github.com/frank06/riak-js/issues
If you have any doubt, *always* prefer `db.get()` and `db.save()`. I kinda regret having agreed to include `db.update()`. If it's causing confusion I will have to remove it. Thanks, Francisco 2011/7/6 Mathias Meyer <math...@basho.com>: > Claus, > > it looks you're mixing up metadata objects with actual data objects when > calling update. update does a get/put cycle, where it fetches an object, > merges its attributes with the ones you hand over to update() and save the > result back. Any change you accidentally pass in the meta object from a > different part of your code that's fetching the object initially? > > Mathias Meyer > Developer Advocate, Basho Technologies > > > On Mittwoch, 6. Juli 2011 at 00:30, Claus Guttesen wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> When saving a new record using db.update() getting the record using >> curl has alot more info: >> >> curl "localhost:8098/riak/users/RQC6seqRIKkBNKQt65QMko3W66" >> {"props":{"w":"quorum","r":"quorum","big_vclock":50,"old_vclock":86400,"n_val":3,"postcommit":[],"last_write_wins":false,"small_vclock":10,"allow_mult":false,"young_vclock":20,"rw":"quorum","pw":0,"dw":"quorum","linkfun":{"mod":"riak_kv_wm_link_walker","fun":"mapreduce_linkfun"},"name":"users","chash_keyfun":{"mod":"riak_core_util","fun":"chash_std_keyfun"},"basic_quorum":true,"notfound_ok":false,"pr":0,"precommit":[]},"club":"BBIL","mname":"","year":"1967","gender":"male","fname":"Claus","lname":"Guttesen"}% >> >> When doing a db.save() with the same data I get: >> >> curl "localhost:8098/riak/users/RQC6seqRIKkBNKQt65QMko3W66" >> {"fname":"Claus","mname":"","lname":"Guttesen","year":"1967","club":"BBIL","gender":"male"} >> >> If I do a db.save() first and then a db.update() the information is >> also terse. Why is db.update() more verbose? >> >> I'm using riak-js v. 0.4.0. >> >> My idea was to add more information in addtion to name, club, year >> born, gender. But when I edit the user and save it the previous data >> gets overwritten. So I changed db.save() to db.update(), saved a new >> user and noticed alot more info. >> >> -- >> regards >> Claus >> >> When lenity and cruelty play for a kingdom, >> the gentler gamester is the soonest winner. >> >> Shakespeare >> >> twitter.com/kometen (http://twitter.com/kometen) >> >> _______________________________________________ >> riak-users mailing list >> riak-users@lists.basho.com (mailto:riak-users@lists.basho.com) >> http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > riak-users mailing list > riak-users@lists.basho.com > http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com > _______________________________________________ riak-users mailing list riak-users@lists.basho.com http://lists.basho.com/mailman/listinfo/riak-users_lists.basho.com