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  2. SERVER-24921

No way to $project out just the _id field in aggregation

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    • New Feature
    • Status: Closed
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 3.3.11
    • Aggregation Framework
    • None
    • Fully Compatible
    • Query 18 (08/05/16)

    Description

      The command 

      db.example.aggregate([{$project: {_id: 0}}])

      fails because "$project requires at least one output field." Now that $project supports exclusion of other fields, it would be nice if it supports exclusion of just the _id field.

      Interestingly, I can enforce "exclusion mode" by projecting out a field that doesn't exist:

      > db.example.find()
      		 
      { "_id" : ObjectId("576d9dc03fcfa43a8b713c74"), "a" : { "a1" : 5, "a2" : 6 }}
      		 
      { "_id" : ObjectId("57716feaf6545b026b3dfca1"), "a" : { "a1" : 3, "a2" : 7 }}
      		 
      > db.example.aggregate([{$project: {_id: 0, c: 0} }])
      		 
      {"a" : {"a1":5, "a2":6 } , "b":4 }
      		 
      {"a" : {"a1":3, "a2":7 }}

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          Task - A task that needs to be done. DOCS-8911 No way to $project out just the _id field in aggregation

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. DOCS-8973 Allow exclusion in $project stage of aggregation pipeline

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          related to

          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SERVER-18966 Allow exclusion in $project stage of aggregation pipeline

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              sally.mcnichols Sally McNichols
              carly.robison Carly Robison
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