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  1. Documentation
  2. DOCS-11728

count() does not need a continuous range of keys in the index

      In the following section: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.collection.count/#db.collection.count

      we state:

      If, however, the query can use an index but the query predicates do not access a single contiguous range of index keys or the query also contains conditions on fields outside the index, then in addition to using the index, MongoDB must also read the documents to return the count.
      ...

      db.collection.find( { a: { $gt: 5 }, b: 5 } ).count()
      

      However, the following ``count()`` does not fetch any document:

      replset:PRIMARY> db.movies.explain("executionStats").count({"imdb.rating":{$gt:5}, countries: "USA" })
      {
      	"queryPlanner" : {
      		"plannerVersion" : 1,
      		"namespace" : "mflix.movies",
      		"indexFilterSet" : false,
      		"parsedQuery" : {
      			"$and" : [
      				{
      					"countries" : {
      						"$eq" : "USA"
      					}
      				},
      				{
      					"imdb.rating" : {
      						"$gt" : 5
      					}
      				}
      			]
      		},
      		"winningPlan" : {
      			"stage" : "COUNT",
      			"inputStage" : {
      				"stage" : "IXSCAN",
      				"keyPattern" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : 1,
      					"countries" : 1
      				},
      				"indexName" : "imdb.rating_1_countries_1",
      				"isMultiKey" : true,
      				"multiKeyPaths" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : [ ],
      					"countries" : [
      						"countries"
      					]
      				},
      				"isUnique" : false,
      				"isSparse" : false,
      				"isPartial" : false,
      				"indexVersion" : 2,
      				"direction" : "forward",
      				"indexBounds" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : [
      						"(5.0, inf.0]"
      					],
      					"countries" : [
      						"[\"USA\", \"USA\"]"
      					]
      				}
      			}
      		},
      		"rejectedPlans" : [ ]
      	},
      	"executionStats" : {
      		"executionSuccess" : true,
      		"nReturned" : 0,
      		"executionTimeMillis" : 22,
      		"totalKeysExamined" : 20392,
      		"totalDocsExamined" : 0,
      		"executionStages" : {
      			"stage" : "COUNT",
      			"nReturned" : 0,
      			"executionTimeMillisEstimate" : 20,
      			"works" : 20392,
      			"advanced" : 0,
      			"needTime" : 20391,
      			"needYield" : 0,
      			"saveState" : 159,
      			"restoreState" : 159,
      			"isEOF" : 1,
      			"invalidates" : 0,
      			"nCounted" : 20305,
      			"nSkipped" : 0,
      			"inputStage" : {
      				"stage" : "IXSCAN",
      				"nReturned" : 20305,
      				"executionTimeMillisEstimate" : 10,
      				"works" : 20392,
      				"advanced" : 20305,
      				"needTime" : 86,
      				"needYield" : 0,
      				"saveState" : 159,
      				"restoreState" : 159,
      				"isEOF" : 1,
      				"invalidates" : 0,
      				"keyPattern" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : 1,
      					"countries" : 1
      				},
      				"indexName" : "imdb.rating_1_countries_1",
      				"isMultiKey" : true,
      				"multiKeyPaths" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : [ ],
      					"countries" : [
      						"countries"
      					]
      				},
      				"isUnique" : false,
      				"isSparse" : false,
      				"isPartial" : false,
      				"indexVersion" : 2,
      				"direction" : "forward",
      				"indexBounds" : {
      					"imdb.rating" : [
      						"(5.0, inf.0]"
      					],
      					"countries" : [
      						"[\"USA\", \"USA\"]"
      					]
      				},
      				"keysExamined" : 20392,
      				"seeks" : 87,
      				"dupsTested" : 20305,
      				"dupsDropped" : 0,
      				"seenInvalidated" : 0
      			}
      		}
      	},
      	"serverInfo" : {
      		"host" : "Daniels-MacBook-Pro-3.local",
      		"port" : 27017,
      		"version" : "3.6.4",
      		"gitVersion" : "d0181a711f7e7f39e60b5aeb1dc7097bf6ae5856"
      	},
      	"ok" : 1,
      	"operationTime" : Timestamp(1527013617, 1),
      	"$clusterTime" : {
      		"clusterTime" : Timestamp(1527013617, 1),
      		"signature" : {
      			"hash" : BinData(0,"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA="),
      			"keyId" : NumberLong(0)
      		}
      	}
      }
      

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            Reporter:
            daniel.coupal@mongodb.com Daniel Coupal
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              5 years, 49 weeks, 2 days ago