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    Type:Bug 
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    Resolution: Done
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    Priority:Major - P3 
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    Affects Version/s: 2.6.4, 2.7.1
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    Component/s: Write Ops
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        Query Optimization
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It seems that it is possible to update illegal top level fields ($ref, $id, $db). Note that this fails if you use insert, instead of update.
> db.test.drop()
true
> db.test.update({_id:0}, {_id:0, $ref: "1", $id: 1, $db:"1"}, true)
WriteResult({ "nMatched" : 0, "nUpserted" : 1, "nModified" : 0, "_id" : 0 })
> db.test.findOne()
{ "_id" : 0, "$ref" : "1", "$id" : 1, "$db" : "1" }
> db.test.insert({_id: 1, $ref: "1", $id: 1, $db: "1"})
WriteResult({
        "nInserted" : 0,
        "writeError" : {
                "code" : 2,
                "errmsg" : "Document can't have $ prefixed field names: $ref"
        }
})
> db.test.find()
{ "_id" : 0, "$ref" : "1", "$id" : 1, "$db" : "1" }
> db.runCommand({buildinfo:1})
{
        "version" : "2.7.2-pre-",
        "gitVersion" : "87d09bc9cfe898f093c4d76ca5aad807c2e817e7",
        "OpenSSLVersion" : "",
        "sysInfo" : "Linux localhost.localdomain 3.13.10-200.fc20.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Apr 14 20:34:16 UTC 2014 x86_64 BOOST_LIB_VERSION=1_49",
        "loaderFlags" : "-fPIC -pthread -Wl,-z,now -rdynamic",
        "compilerFlags" : "-Wnon-virtual-dtor -Woverloaded-virtual -std=c++11 -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -ggdb -pthread -Wall -Wsign-compare -Wno-unknown-pragmas -Winvalid-pch -pipe -Werror -O3 -Wno-unused-local-typedefs -Wno-unused-function -Wno-deprecated-declarations -fno-builtin-memcmp -std=c99",
        "allocator" : "tcmalloc",
        "versionArray" : [
                2,
                7,
                2,
                -100
        ],
        "javascriptEngine" : "V8",
        "bits" : 64,
        "debug" : false,
        "maxBsonObjectSize" : 16777216,
        "ok" : 1
}
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- related to
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                    SERVER-14244 Additional tests for setting fields with $ names -         
- Closed
 
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