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find() on field names starting with '$' behaves differently 2.4 v 2.5

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    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
    • 2.5.4
    • Affects Version/s: 2.4.9
    • Component/s: Querying
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      2.4.9-pre-

      > db.c.insert({a:2});
> db.c.find({"$c":{$ne:5}});
{ "_id" : ObjectId("528d4b02679ed5d9487c0bea"), "a" : 2 }

      2.5.5-pre-

      > db.c.insert({a:2});
> db.c.find({"$c":{$ne:5}});
error: {
	"$err" : "bad query: BadValue unknown top level operator: $c",
	"code" : 16810
}
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      2.4.9-pre- > db.c.insert({a:2}); > db.c.find({ "$c" :{$ne:5}}); { "_id" : ObjectId( "528d4b02679ed5d9487c0bea" ), "a" : 2 } 2.5.5-pre- > db.c.insert({a:2}); > db.c.find({ "$c" :{$ne:5}}); error: { "$err" : "bad query: BadValue unknown top level operator : $c" , "code" : 16810 }

      It is possible to do a query on a field starting with '$' in mongodb 2.4.9-pre-. This is not possible in version 2.5.x. The purpose of this ticket is to determine if this change is intentional and if this "feature" should exist in 2.4.

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            luke.lovett Luke Lovett
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