Heya!
I have a Nodes collection that looks like: http://codepaste.net/kttsj1.
I want to retrieve that collection and have the data field’s array sorted in reverse order or by outputTime ascending. Then, I want to have just the first 10 results (got this to work with $slice).
I’ve looked on the web to sort it, but modifiers like $position didn’t work.
Could I achieve this with Meteor and the collection system?
Thanks,
Jori
Basically, yes. Although, depending on the expected maximum number of entries you expect for each document, you may be better not using a nested object, but a separate collection for “data”.
Heya,
I just fixed my problem by doing so. I stored the nested array in a seperate collection. Now I’m doing method calls on the client which find data with a sort and limit. (Those two aren’t supported in the client, right?)
Thanks!
They are supported on the client, but I always try to push as much heavy lifting onto the database engine, so (especially for big collections) I would do this server side. You could, however, just use Meteor’s pub/sub (rather than methods) - publish the sorted, limited collection to the client, being sure to use the same sort and limit on the client-side Collection.find().
Read the Meteor Guide article on publications for more information.
