Thanks KK
I speed read that document last night but unfortunately only saw it as a way of moving db from local test to hosting environment. I just didn't make the connection of using it for fresh install of update
However no joy through that route either. Seems Couch can't modify the database structure at all although page edits via admin work OK so it is reading and writing to the existing tables. Very puzzling.
I tried creating a new database, loading Couch and site to a test directory and trying your suggestion there. Which didn't work either. But did produce a 404 page saying powered by Zeus server despite control panel for site showing Apache server. Even failed to display new .html pages in test or main directory. And needless to say can't add any new pages to Couch either.
Which points to something wrong at the hosting end. The site recently had it's server and server type changed and moved from a Zeus server to Apache. This is the only thing different from this site to the other ones I have using Couch. Shouldn't have affected anything but perhaps it wasn't a full and clean move in some way. This was done by the hosting company so it's a bit of a black hole as far as my knowledge of what went on goes.
Looking at the DNS records for the domain they are for the old Zeus server rather than for an Apache server. Which is probably the problem if it really is on an Apache server...
This might not be the cause but certainly points to a configuration error of some sort for this domain at the hosting company and/or they haven't updated their 404 page...
It appears it is not a Couch problem at all. Sorry for wasteing your time with this but I wouldn't have got to the end result without the steps you gave which eliminated Couch from the mix. So thanks again. As for the hosting company words fail me (polite ones anyway!!)
I speed read that document last night but unfortunately only saw it as a way of moving db from local test to hosting environment. I just didn't make the connection of using it for fresh install of update
However no joy through that route either. Seems Couch can't modify the database structure at all although page edits via admin work OK so it is reading and writing to the existing tables. Very puzzling.
I tried creating a new database, loading Couch and site to a test directory and trying your suggestion there. Which didn't work either. But did produce a 404 page saying powered by Zeus server despite control panel for site showing Apache server. Even failed to display new .html pages in test or main directory. And needless to say can't add any new pages to Couch either.
Which points to something wrong at the hosting end. The site recently had it's server and server type changed and moved from a Zeus server to Apache. This is the only thing different from this site to the other ones I have using Couch. Shouldn't have affected anything but perhaps it wasn't a full and clean move in some way. This was done by the hosting company so it's a bit of a black hole as far as my knowledge of what went on goes.
Looking at the DNS records for the domain they are for the old Zeus server rather than for an Apache server. Which is probably the problem if it really is on an Apache server...
This might not be the cause but certainly points to a configuration error of some sort for this domain at the hosting company and/or they haven't updated their 404 page...
It appears it is not a Couch problem at all. Sorry for wasteing your time with this but I wouldn't have got to the end result without the steps you gave which eliminated Couch from the mix. So thanks again. As for the hosting company words fail me (polite ones anyway!!)