Import CSV containing ObjectId's

[RobotJay]

Hi, friends.

I have a csv file that I want to import into my mongo collection. The
csv file contains some ObjectId's, but no matter how I've tried to
format the string representation of the ObjectId, I still end up with
a field that has a string type.

Is there a way to get the mongoimport parser to recognize that I need
a new ObjectId("xxxxxxxxxxxx") and not a field containing the string:
"new ObjectId('xxxxxxxxxxxx')"?

Thanks for your time,
Jay

[sridhar]

Hi Jay What version of mongo are you using? Also can you paste a
sample of your csv. Thanks

[RobotJay]

I'm using version 1.6.5.

You can get my test csv from http://jayragsdale.com/sample.csv

Thanks for the reply,
Jay

[sridhar]

I cannot seem to import an OID into mongo using mongoimport and CSV.
How are you creating the CSV? My suggestion would be to change this
code to directly insert into mongo.

On Feb 22, 10:51 am, RobotJay <robot...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm using version 1.6.5.
>

> You can get my test csv fromhttp://jayragsdale.com/sample.csv

[sridhar]

Hi Jay, Do you need any more help with this?

[RobotJay]

Thanks for your help. It's always good to verify that this
functionality doesn't exist, as opposed to my using the program
incorrectly. I was able to accomplish what I wanted by running a
script that used the string representation of an ObjectId (i.e.
"xxxxxxxxxxxx") and used forEach to set that field to a new ObjectId
containing that string.

I personally think there should be a way to create ObjectId's within a
CSV import, for reasons of converting SQL databases to Mongo. I will
draft up a proposal of changes to mongoimport.cpp that will allow this
function.

If any other mongo noobs happen upon this thread seeking similar
knowledge, I'd be happy to share my tips in the meantime. Email me
at: jay {use an at symbol} jayragsdale dot com.

-Jay

[Andreas Jung]

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