How to query through a DBRef in MongoDB/pymongo?

Question

Is it possible to query through a DBRef using a single find spec?

user collection

{
    'age': 30
}

post collection

{
    'user': DBRef('user', ...)
}

Is it possible to query for all post who's users are 30 in a single find step? If not, would it be wise to create a javascript function to handle the multi-stage operation or will that cause blocking problems?

Answer 1

it's not possible to do that. i would recommend either:

a) changing your data model so that all of the data is in a single document (might not be possible depending on your case).

b) querying for users who are 30 first, and then doing a second query to get posts where user is $in that list. i would do this client side rather than using server-side JS or anything like that.