Collection link as a combination of _self and name doesn't work

[HussainMir]

Hi,

I have a collection link as follows dbs/someDB==/colls/myCollection
When I try to delete collection with the above link, I get a BadRequest 400 exception. But, when I give the path as the database name (id), it works. So, I'm assuming either if I send both _selfs or both names, it works, but not for any other combination.
I think it would be nice to work with links which could have any combination, as DocumentDB gives us the flexibility of querying either id based or _self based.

Thanks.

[kirankumarkolli]

Currently cosmos db doesn't support hybrid addressing.
In most scenarios name based approach will work. Are you running into any issues?

[HussainMir]

It's nice that Cosmos DB gives us the flexibility to use both types of addressing, so I thought it would
Was trying to handle this scenario where I've a database self link and collection id as follows,
`def DeleteCollectionIfExists(client, database_link, collection_id):
try:
collection_link = "dbs/{0}".format(DATABASE_ID) + "/" + 'colls/{0}'.format(collection_id)
#collection_link = database_link + 'colls/{0}'.format(collection_id)
# having some trouble with this format of querying, raised an issue
# #106

    client.DeleteCollection(collection_link)
    print('Collection with id \'{0}\' was deleted'.format(collection_id))
except errors.DocumentDBError as e:
    if e.status_code == 404:
        pass
    elif e.status_code == 400:
        print("Bad request for collection link", collection_link)
        raise
    else:
        raise`

So, do you suggest to follow name based approach only? As we can't toggle between these two approaches not so easily.

[southpolesteve]

Closing this issue due to age. Active development of our Python SDK has moved to https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python. We have also released 4.0 which includes many updates and new features. If this issue still needs our attention, please reopen it in the new repository.