How can I retrieve a document by _id?

Question

I'm trying to retrieve a document when I have an object id - however, the query does not work.

@collection = @db.collection('Mylist')
@result = @collection.find({"_id" => params[:id]})

I've tried variations of the query - it always yields empty - however when I try a query on the collection such as below, that would work.

@result = @collection.find({"Exist" => "True"}) 

Why? It is strange that complex queries work but a simple query by _id returns nothing.

If possible, I don't want to use MongoMapper.

Thanks

Answer 1

Found it - you need to wrap it like this -

find({"_id" => Mongo::ObjectId(params[:id])})