MongoDB _id is convert to ObjectID automatically,

问题:

I am using a wrapper called mongoskin to access mongoDB. mongoskin is a simple wrapper around mongoDB javascript api.

But when I write to mongoDB, sometimes _id is converted to ObjectID, sometime is it not. The different behavior causes many problem when I have to compare _id. For example:

The following documents in company collection, "creator" is not converted to ObjectID, but item in "clients" is converted to ObjectID automatically.

> db.company.find()
{ "_id" : ObjectId("53d4b452f5b25900005cb998"), "name" : "Default Company Co.", "clients" : [ ObjectId("53d4b452f5b25900005cb999"), ObjectId("53d4b452f5b25900005cb99a") ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("53d4b452f5b25900005cb999"), "name" : "client company for 777 - updated", "creator" : "53d4b452f5b25900005cb998", "ssn" : "12-123-1234" }

This is the nodejs code I used to assign _id for "creator"

clientCompany.creator = req.session.user.company_id;

This is the nodejs code I used to assign _id for "clients"

var updateObj = {$addToSet: {clients:resultClient._id} };
// update creator company.clients
creatorCompany.update(updateObj, function(err, result) { ...}

When I console.log "req.session.user.company_id" and "resultClient._id", they both looks like a string type. How come one end up as ObjectID in MongoDB? If there is an auto conversion, how do I make this behavior consistent?

Thanks!

回答1:

I'm guessing resultClient is the result of a query and req.session.user.company_id a string from your web application? In that case you need to create an ObjectId from the string:

clientCompany.creator = mongoskin.ObjectID(req.session.user.company_id);