diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
index 751c239..fc21a68 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/database.rb
@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ module CouchRest
     # POST a temporary view function to CouchDB for querying. This is not
     # recommended, as you don't get any performance benefit from CouchDB's
     # materialized views. Can be quite slow on large databases.
-    def temp_view funcs, params = {}
+    def slow_view funcs, params = {}
       keys = params.delete(:keys)
       funcs = funcs.merge({:keys => keys}) if keys
-      url = CouchRest.paramify_url "#{@root}/_temp_view", params
+      url = CouchRest.paramify_url "#{@root}/_slow_view", params
       JSON.parse(RestClient.post(url, funcs.to_json, {"Content-Type" => 'application/json'}))
     end
+    
+    # backwards compatibility is a plus
+    alias :temp_view :slow_view
   
     # Query a CouchDB view as defined by a <tt>_design</tt> document. Accepts
     # paramaters as described in http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/HttpViewApi
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
index 2314ed5..0639e86 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/core/database_spec.rb
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ describe CouchRest::Database do
   describe "map/reduce query with _temp_view in Javascript" do
     before(:each) do
       @db.bulk_save([
-          {"beverage" => "beer", :limit => 4},
-          {"beverage" => "beer", :limit => 2},
-          {"beverage" => "tea", :limit => 3}
+          {"beverage" => "beer", :count => 4},
+          {"beverage" => "beer", :count => 2},
+          {"beverage" => "tea", :count => 3}
         ])
     end
     it "should return the result of the temporary function" do