> While it is well known that MongoDB is not a relational DB, in many cases,
> having the ability to populate/DBRef is extremely useful. We currently use
> mongoosejs, but would love seeing DBRef/populate being implemented on the
> server side, in order to improve performance.

> There are many cases in which populate/DBRef would come in handy. A good
> example would be having many lists in which the list items need to have a
> single instance. Both the list and the items change on regular basis.
> Pushing the items (sometimes contain a lot of data) into the list document
> would make no sense, while the list too, has data, so list itself cannot be
> integrated into the items collection. Bottom line is that DBRef/populate is
> necessary in this case - which is not a rare occurrence.

> Finally, we love the new Aggregate framework and see many uses for it. If it
> had a populate/DBRef function, in which multiple collections would be
> accessible, it would be absolutely fantastic and I'm confident many users
> would find uses for this feature.

> So any plans on adding support for this? maybe as an extension to the
> Aggregate framework?

> Very much appreciate all you hard work,
> Rani

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