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Ordered List John Nunemaker DevNation Chicago, IL May 15, 2010
Why MongoDB Is Awesome
@jnunemaker I am user #4,243 on Twitter
“ John Nunemaker ...the best features of key/ values stores,
document databases and relational databases in one. RailsTips.org June '09
Created by
I
I A LOT
that I am on the payroll. Which has led some
people to believe
...but I am not.
Satisfied User I am merely a
Try Easy To
In Your Browser Easy to Try
http://try.mongodb.org/
On Your Computer Easy to Try
$ wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz
$ wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz $ tar -xf mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz
$ mkdir -p /data/db $ wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz $ tar -xf
mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz
$ mkdir -p /data/db $ wget http://downloads.mongodb.org/osx/mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz $ tar -xf
mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2.tgz $ mongodb-osx-x86_64-1.4.2/bin/mongod
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Downloads
From Your Language Easy to Try
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Drivers
Understand Easy To
Similar Terms Easy to Understand
Database == Database
> show dbs admin harmony-development harmony-test local ... > use
harmony-development switched to db harmony-development > show collections accounts activities assets items ...
Collection == Table
> db.accounts harmony-development.accounts > db.accounts.count() 1 > db.accounts.find().forEach(function(doc) { print(tojson(doc));
});
Document == Row
{ "_id" : ObjectId("4be97eaebcd1b30e86000003"), "title" : "Ordered List", "creator_id" :
ObjectId("4be97eadbcd1b30e86000001"), "memberships" : [ ObjectId("4be97eadbcd1b30e86000001"), ObjectId("4be97eaebcd1b30e86000002") ] }
Similar Functionality Easy to Understand
Dynamic Queries http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Querying http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Advanced+Queries
> use testing switched to db testing > db.colors.insert({name:'red', primary:true})
> db.colors.insert({name:'green', primary:true}) > db.colors.insert({name:'blue', primary:true}) > db.colors.insert({name:'purple', primary:false}) > db.colors.insert({name:'orange', primary:false}) > db.colors.insert({name:'yellow', primary:false})
> var cursor = db.colors.find() > cursor.next() { "_id" :
ObjectId("4bed7aeb0b4acd070c593ba6"), "name" : "red", "primary" : true }
> cursor { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af40b4acd070c593ba7"), "name" : "green", "primary"
: true } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue", "primary" : true } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7b570b4acd070c593ba9"), "name" : "purple", "primary" : false } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7b6a0b4acd070c593baa"), "name" : "orange", "primary" : false } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7b7d0b4acd070c593bab"), "name" : "yellow", "primary" : false }
SELECT * from colors WHERE name = 'green'
> db.colors.find({name:'green'}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af40b4acd070c593ba7"), "name" : "green", "primary"
: true } SELECT * from colors WHERE name = 'green'
SELECT name from colors WHERE primary = 1
SELECT name from colors WHERE primary = 1 > db.colors.find({primary:true},
{name:true}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7aeb0b4acd070c593ba6"), "name" : "red" } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af40b4acd070c593ba7"), "name" : "green" } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue" }
> db.colors.find({name:/l/}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue", "primary"
: true } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7b570b4acd070c593ba9"), "name" : "purple", "primary" : false } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7b7d0b4acd070c593bab"), "name" : "yellow", "primary" : false }
> db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:1}).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue", "primary"
: true }
> db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:1}).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue", "primary"
: true } > db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:-1}).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7aeb0b4acd070c593ba6"), "name" : "red", "primary" : true }
> db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:1}).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af80b4acd070c593ba8"), "name" : "blue", "primary"
: true } > db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:-1}).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7aeb0b4acd070c593ba6"), "name" : "red", "primary" : true } > db.colors.find({primary:true}).sort({name:1}).skip(1).limit(1) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed7af40b4acd070c593ba7"), "name" : "green", "primary" : true }
> db.people.insert({name:'John', age:28}) > db.people.insert({name:'Steve', age:29}) > db.people.insert({name:'Steph', age:27})
SELECT * from people WHERE age > 27
> db.people.find({age: {$gt: 27}}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed80b20b4acd070c593bac"), "name" :
"John", "age" : 28 } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed80bb0b4acd070c593bad"), "name" : "Steve", "age" : 29 } SELECT * from people WHERE age > 27
SELECT * from people WHERE age <= 27
SELECT * from people WHERE age <= 27 > db.people.find({age:
{$lte: 27}}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed80c10b4acd070c593bae"), "name" : "Steph", "age" : 27 }
$gt $gte $lt $lte $ne $in $nin $mod $all $size
$exists $type $elemMatch $not $where
Indexes http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Indexes
// single ascending > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1})
// single ascending > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}) // single descending >
db.colors.ensureIndex({created_at: -1})
// single ascending > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}) // unique > db.colors.ensureIndex({email:
1}, {unique: true}) // single descending > db.colors.ensureIndex({created_at: -1})
// single ascending > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}) // non-blocking in background
> db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}, {background: true}) // unique > db.colors.ensureIndex({email: 1}, {unique: true}) // single descending > db.colors.ensureIndex({created_at: -1})
// single ascending > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}) // compound > db.colors.ensureIndex({name:
1, created_at: -1}) // non-blocking in background > db.colors.ensureIndex({name: 1}, {background: true}) // unique > db.colors.ensureIndex({email: 1}, {unique: true}) // single descending > db.colors.ensureIndex({created_at: -1})
Aggregation http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Aggregation
> db.colors.count() 6 > db.colors.count ({primary:true}) 3
> db.colors.distinct('name') [ "blue", "green", "orange", "purple", "red", "yellow" ]
> db.people.distinct('name', {age:28}) [ "John" ]
> db.items.insert({title:'Home', template:'home'}) > db.items.insert({title:'What We Do', template:'page'}) > db.items.insert({title:'Our
Writing', template:'page'}) > db.items.insert({title:'Who We Are', template:'page'}) > db.items.insert({title:'Hire Us', template:'page'}) > var key = {template: true}; > var initial = {count:0}; > var reduce = function(obj, prev) { prev.count += 1; }; > db.items.group({key:key, initial:initial, reduce:reduce}) [ {"template" : "home", "count" : 1}, {"template" : "page", "count" : 4} ]
> db.items.insert({tags: ['dog', 'cat']}) > db.items.insert({tags: ['dog']}) > db.items.insert({tags: ['dog',
'mouse']}) > db.items.insert({tags: ['dog', 'mouse', 'hippo']}) > db.items.insert({tags: ['dog', 'mouse', 'hippo']}) > db.items.insert({tags: ['dog', 'hippo']})
> var map = function() { this.tags.forEach(function(t) { emit(t, {count:
1}); }); }
> var reduce = function(key, values) { var count =
0; for(var i=0, len=values.length; i<len; i++) { count += values[i].count; } return {count: count}; }
> var result = db.items.mapReduce(map, reduce);
> var result = db.items.mapReduce(map, reduce); > result { "ok"
: 1, "timeMillis" : 86, "result" : "tmp.mr.mapreduce_1273861517_683", "counts" : { "input" : 6, "emit" : 13, "output" : 4 } }
> db[result.result].find() { "_id" : "cat", "value" : { "count"
: 1 } } { "_id" : "dog", "value" : { "count" : 6 } } { "_id" : "hippo", "value" : { "count" : 3 } } { "_id" : "mouse", "value" : { "count" : 3 } }
Similar Data Types Easy to Understand
Array, Binary, Boolean, DateTime, DB Reference, Embedded Object, Integer, Null,
ObjectId, RegExp, String, Symbol, Timestamp
None
> db.people.insert({ name : 'John', awesome : true, shows :
['Dexter', 'LOST', 'How I Met Your Mother'], info : { age : 28, home: 'South Bend, IN', dob : (new Date('November 25, 1981')) } })
> var me = db.people.findOne({name:'John'}) > me.name John > me.awesome
true > me.shows[1] LOST > me.info.age 28 > me.info.dob.getFullYear() 1981
> db.people.find({'info.age': 28}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John"
}
> db.people.find({'info.age': 28}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John"
} > db.people.find({shows:'Dexter'}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John" }
> db.people.find({'info.age': 28}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John"
} > db.people.find({shows:'Dexter'}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John" } > db.people.find({shows:{$in:['Dexter', 'LOST']}}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bed9cba0b4acd070c593bc5"), "name" : "John" }
Similar Relationships Easy to Understand
One to Many
1. Normalized
// insert post > db.posts.insert({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'}); > var post
= db.posts.findOne({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'});
// insert post > db.posts.insert({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'}); > var post
= db.posts.findOne({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'}); // insert comment > db.comments.insert({ name :'John', body :'Because...', post_id : post._id }); > var comment = db.comments.findOne({name:'John'});
> db.comments.find({post_id: post._id}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bee1cc79e89db4e12bf78de"), "name" : "John",
"body" : "Because...", "post_id" : ObjectId("4bee1c519e89db4e12bf78dd") } SELECT * FROM comments WHERE post_id = #{post.id}
> db.posts.find({_id: comment.post_id}) { "_id" : ObjectId("4bee1c519e89db4e12bf78dd"), "title" : "Why
Mongo Rocks" } SELECT * FROM posts WHERE id = #{comment.id}
2. Embedded
// insert post AND comments > db.posts.insert({ title:'Why Mongo Rocks',
comments: [ {name:'John', body:'Because...'}, {name:'Steve', body:'Uh huh!'} ] })
> var post = db.posts.find({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'});
> var post = db.posts.find({title:'Why Mongo Rocks'}); > post {
"_id" : ObjectId("4bee21259e89db4e12bf78df"), "title" : "Why Mongo Rocks", "comments" : [ {"name": "John", "body": "Because..."}, {"name": "Steve", "body": "Uh huh!"} ] }
> db.posts.find({'comments.name':'John'})
> db.posts.find({ comments: { $elemMatch: {name:'John'} } }) > db.posts.find({'comments.name':'John'})
// insert post AND comments AND threads! > db.posts.insert({ title:'Why
Mongo Rocks', comments: [ { name:'John', body:'Because...', comments: [ {name:'Frank', body:'You are crazy!'}, {name:'Billy', body:'Frank Furter!'} ] } ] })
> db.posts.insert({ title : 'Why Mongo Rocks', tags : ['mongodb',
'databases'] })
> db.posts.insert({ title : 'Why Mongo Rocks', tags : ['mongodb',
'databases'] }) > db.posts.ensureIndex({tags:1})
Some Notes
Some Notes Embedding is pre-joining
Some Notes Embedding is pre-joining Embed when document always appears
with parent
Some Notes Embedding is pre-joining Embed when document always appears
with parent 4MB document size limit
Many to Many
> db.sites.insert({domain: 'orderedlist.com'}) > db.sites.insert({domain: 'railstips.org'}) > db.sites.find() { "_id"
: ObjectId("4bee280f9e89db4e12bf78e2"), "domain": "orderedlist.com" } { "_id" : ObjectId("4bee283c9e89db4e12bf78e3"), "domain": "railstips.org" }
> db.users.insert({ name: 'John', authorizations: [ ObjectId('4bee280f9e89db4e12bf78e2'), ObjectId('4bee283c9e89db4e12bf78e3') ] })
> db.users.insert({ name: 'Steve', authorizations: [ ObjectId('4bee280f9e89db4e12bf78e2') ] })
> var orderedlist = db.sites.findOne({domain:'orderedlist.com'}) > db.users.find({authorizations:orderedlist._id}) // john and
steve > var railstips = db.sites.findOne({domain:'railstips.org'}) > db.users.find({authorizations:railstips._id}) // john
> var john = db.users.findOne({name:'John'}) > db.sites.find({_id:{$in: john.authorizations}}) // orderedlist.com
and railstips.org
Learn Easy To
By Email http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user
By IRC irc://irc.freenode.net/#mongodb
By Web http://mongodb.org/ http://mongotips.com/
By Book http://www.10gen.com/books http://cookbook.mongodb.org/
By Conference http://www.10gen.com/events http://windycitydb.org/
By Training http://ideafoundry.info/mongodb
Ordered List Thank you!
[email protected]
John Nunemaker DevNation Chicago, IL
May 15, 2010 @jnunemaker