Do not validate the "startingFrom" field in OP_REPLY.

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Major - P3
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      OP_REPLY in the MongoDB wire protocol includes a "startingFrom" field. It is defined as a signed 32 bit integer. That's unfortunate since a MongoDB collection can have a much larger number of documents. If you validate this field (like the python driver...) a user that iterates a large collection (more than 2147483647 documents) will receive an error when the server overflows the startingFrom value and returns a negative number.

      The consensus of opinion seems to be that validating this field isn't particularly useful. If your driver does validate, remove the validation.

      http://docs.mongodb.org/meta-driver/latest/legacy/mongodb-wire-protocol/#op-reply

              Assignee:
              Barrie Segal (Inactive)
              Reporter:
              Bernie Hackett
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