diff --git a/lib/relaxdb/relaxdb.rb b/lib/relaxdb/relaxdb.rb
index 4ee4457..0c3b751 100644
--- a/lib/relaxdb/relaxdb.rb
+++ b/lib/relaxdb/relaxdb.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def reload(obj)
     #
     # Examples:
     #   RelaxDB.load "foo", :conflicts => true
+    #   RelaxDB.load "foo", :revs => true
     #   RelaxDB.load ["foo", "bar"]
     #
     def load(ids, atts={})
diff --git a/lib/relaxdb/views.rb b/lib/relaxdb/views.rb
index 83d2305..2f6ff50 100644
--- a/lib/relaxdb/views.rb
+++ b/lib/relaxdb/views.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def self.by_att_list(kls, *atts)
       map = <<-QUERY
       function(doc) {
         var class_match = #{kls_check kls}
-        if(class_match && #{prop_check}) {
+        if (class_match && #{prop_check}) {
           emit(#{key}, doc);
         }
       }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def self.by_att_list(kls, *atts)
     def self.has_n(client_class, relationship, target_class, relationship_to_client)
       map = <<-QUERY
         function(doc) {
-          if(doc.relaxdb_class == "#{target_class}" && doc.#{relationship_to_client}_id)
+          if (doc.relaxdb_class == "#{target_class}" && doc.#{relationship_to_client}_id)
             emit(doc.#{relationship_to_client}_id, doc);
         }
       QUERY
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def self.has_n(client_class, relationship, target_class, relationship_to_client)
     def self.references_many(client_class, relationship, target_class, peers)
       map = <<-QUERY
         function(doc) {
-          if(doc.relaxdb_class == "#{target_class}" && doc.#{peers}) {
+          if (doc.relaxdb_class == "#{target_class}" && doc.#{peers}) {
             var i;
             for(i = 0; i < doc.#{peers}.length; i++) {
               emit(doc.#{peers}[i], doc);
diff --git a/scratch/key_query_demo.rb b/scratch/key_query_demo.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..919925f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch/key_query_demo.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Silence parenthesis warnings with ruby -W0 scratch/keys.rb
+
+#
+# A couple of simple illustrations of how keys affect queries
+#
+
+$:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../lib")
+require 'relaxdb'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/../spec/spec_models"
+
+
+RelaxDB.configure :host => "localhost", :port => 5984, :design_doc => "spec_doc", :logger => Logger.new(STDOUT)
+class RdbFormatter; def call(sv, time, progname, msg); puts msg; end; end
+RelaxDB.logger.formatter = RdbFormatter.new
+RelaxDB.delete_db "relaxdb_spec" rescue :ok
+RelaxDB.use_db "relaxdb_spec"
+RelaxDB.replicate_db "relaxdb_spec_base", "relaxdb_spec"
+
+def p ps
+  ps.each { |p| puts("%3s : %3d" % [p._id, p.num]) }
+  puts
+end
+
+h = {1 => 1, 2 => 2, 3 => 2, 4 => 3, 5 => 3, 6 => 3}
+ps = (1..6).map { |i| Primitives.new(:_id => i.to_s, :num => h[i]) }
+RelaxDB.bulk_save *ps
+puts 
+
+p Primitives.all
+p Primitives.by_num
+p Primitives.by_num :startkey => 3, :limit => 1
+p Primitives.by_num :startkey => 3
+p Primitives.by_num :startkey => 3, :startkey_docid => "5"
+p Primitives.by_num :startkey_docid => "5"
+p Primitives.all :startkey_docid => "2"
+p Primitives.all :startkey => "4"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/document_spec.rb b/spec/document_spec.rb
index 701f2f8..979513e 100644
--- a/spec/document_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/document_spec.rb
@@ -165,11 +165,19 @@
 
   describe "user defined property writer" do
     
-    it "should not be used" do
+    it "should not be used to modify state" do
       o = BespokeWriter.new(:val => 101).save
       o = RelaxDB.load o._id
       o.val.should == 81
     end
+    
+    it "may be used if effectively idempotent" do
+      o = BespokeWriter.new(:tt => "2009/04/01").save
+      RelaxDB.reload(o).tt.should == Time.parse("2009/04/01")
+      
+      o = BespokeWriter.new(:tt => Time.now).save
+      RelaxDB.reload(o).tt.should be_close(Time.now, 1)
+    end
         
   end
   
@@ -254,8 +262,7 @@
     end
   
     it "should return an empty array when no instances exist" do
-      Atom.all.should be_an_instance_of(Array)
-      Atom.all.should be_empty
+      Atom.all.should == []
     end
     
   end
diff --git a/spec/relaxdb_spec.rb b/spec/relaxdb_spec.rb
index 1abfcf6..f80fb12 100644
--- a/spec/relaxdb_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/relaxdb_spec.rb
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ class ReplicaTest < RelaxDB::Document; end
       ns = (0...100).map { rand(1_000_000_000).to_s }
       objs = ns.map { |n| Primitives.new :_id => n }
       RelaxDB.bulk_save! *objs
+      ns = ns.reverse
       objs = RelaxDB.load! ns
-      (0...100).each do |i|
+      99.downto(0) do |i|
         ns[i].should == objs[i]._id
       end
     end
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ class ReplicaTest < RelaxDB::Document; end
     it "should request a view and return an array" do
       RelaxDB::DesignDocument.get(RelaxDB.dd).add_view("simple", "map", map_func).save
       data = RelaxDB.view("simple")
-      data.should be_instance_of(Array)
+      data.should == []
     end
 
     it "may accept query params" do
diff --git a/spec/spec_models.rb b/spec/spec_models.rb
index 361f5e3..e715fc3 100644
--- a/spec/spec_models.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_models.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,9 @@ def val; @val + 5; end
 
 class BespokeWriter < RelaxDB::Document
   property :val
+  property :tt
   def val=(v); @val = v - 10; end
+  def tt=(t); @tt = t.is_a?(String) ? Time.parse(t) : t; end
 end
 
 class Invite < RelaxDB::Document