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$returnKey¶
-
$returnKey
¶ Note
- Deprecated in the
mongo
Shell since v3.2 - Starting in v3.2, the
$returnKey
operator is deprecated in themongo
shell. In themongo
shell, usecursor.returnKey()
instead.
Only return the index field or fields for the results of the query. If
$returnKey
is set totrue
and the query does not use an index to perform the read operation, the returned documents will not contain any fields. Use one of the following forms:db.collection.find( { <query> } )._addSpecial( "$returnKey", true ) db.collection.find( { $query: { <query> }, $returnKey: true } )
- Deprecated in the