Replace default _id

[Pat Ferrel]

I'd like to use a unique string per collection to id a doc. 

I know I should use collection.createIndex but I don't understand the scaladocs.

If my case class is :

case class GroupParams (

  _id: String,

  //groupId: String,

  testPeriodStart: DateTime, // ISO8601 date

  variants: Seq[String], //["17","18"]

  testPeriodEnd: Option[DateTime])

and I will always use the _id to reference a particular document (no need for _id: ObjectId).

I don't care about sorting/ordering since these will only be accessed as individual docs, never cursored through. There seems no reason to have the overhead of another index on the default  _id: ObjectId.

How to I create the index on the collection with  _id: String using Casbah? If I should create a new index and leave the default alone can you show how to do this?

[Ross Lawley]

Hi Pat,

The default _id is fine, it can handle any BSON type so strings will be fine.

Ross

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[Pat Ferrel]

so I don't need to change anything, just make _id: String and since _id is the primary index and since it is a String Mongo will handle everything? No need to call createIndex? Because the way I would call is

 groups.createIndex(new BasicDBObject("_id",1))

Which would say nothing about the type for _id

[Ross Lawley]

Hi,

Thats correct _id is the primary key and an automatic index, so nothing to do on your side.

Just to let you know there is a newer official MongoDB Scala driver which is an idiomatic asynchronous driver. So if you want an asynchronous Scala driver please check it out.

All the best,

Ross

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> wrote:

so I don't need to change anything, just make _id: String and since _id is the primary index and since it is a String Mongo will handle everything? No need to call createIndex? Because the way I would call is

 groups.createIndex(new BasicDBObject("_id",1))

Which would say nothing about the type for _id

On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 8:44:05 AM UTC-7, Ross Lawley wrote:

Hi Pat,

The default _id is fine, it can handle any BSON type so strings will be fine.

Ross

On Sun, May 7, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Pat Ferrel <p...@occamsmachete.com> wrote:

I'd like to use a unique string per collection to id a doc. 

I know I should use collection.createIndex but I don't understand the scaladocs.

If my case class is :

case class GroupParams (

  _id: String,

  //groupId: String,

  testPeriodStart: DateTime, // ISO8601 date

  variants: Seq[String], //["17","18"]

  testPeriodEnd: Option[DateTime])

and I will always use the _id to reference a particular document (no need for _id: ObjectId).

I don't care about sorting/ordering since these will only be accessed as individual docs, never cursored through. There seems no reason to have the overhead of another index on the default  _id: ObjectId.

How to I create the index on the collection with  _id: String using Casbah? If I should create a new index and leave the default alone can you show how to do this?

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[Pat Ferrel]

Cool, does the MongoDB Scala driver replace Casbah? 

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[Ross Lawley]

Hi,

Its more of a modern alternative, rather than a replacement. Built upon the newer async Java driver the Scala driver follows the latest cross driver common API initiatives.

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[Rizwan Sharif]

Hi Ross,

Would casbah driver be updated for future versions of mongodb ? Or do you suggest we migrate to Scala Driver? You answer on this jira ticket : https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CASBAH-199 makes me infer that casbah lacks the full support for 3.4 as well. 

[Ross Lawley]

Hi Rizwan,

There are no current plans to update Casbah to include new features from newer versions of MongoDB.  This is because it relies on a deprecated API in the Mongo Java Driver, which also doesn't support all the new features.  The Mongo Scala Driver will be support future MongoDB versions, as it relies on the new Java APIs.

All the best,

Ross

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