CouchDB - Querying array key value for first key element only

Question

I have a couchdb view set up using an array key value, in the format:

[articleId, -timestamp]

I want to query for all entries with the same art

Answer 1

First, as a comment pointed out, there is indeed a special value {} that is ordered after any value, so your query becomes:

startkey=["target ID"]&endkey=["target ID",{}]

This is as equivalent to a wildcard match.

As a side note, there is no need to reverse the ordering in the map function by emitting a negative timestamp, you can reverse the order as an option to the view invocation (your start and end key will be swapped).

startkey=["target ID",{}]&endkey=["target ID"]&descending=true