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  2. SERVER-36681

Change {$ne: null} semantics to be more intuitive

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    • Task
    • Status: Backlog
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Unresolved
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    • Querying
    • Query Execution
    • Major Change

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      {$ne: null} has some counterintuitive behavior which has hurt us several times now:

      db.c.insert({a: [1, {c: 1}]});
      db.c.insert({a: [1]});
       
      db.c.find({"a.b": {$exists: true}}) // Returns nothing.
      db.c.find({"a.b": {$ne: null}}) // Returns {a: [1]} !!!!
      

      That is, {$ne: null} doesn't necessarily return a subset of the things that {$exists: true} returns. This ticket is to track the work of changing the meaning of {$ne: null}.

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              backlog-query-execution Backlog - Query Execution
              ian.boros@mongodb.com Ian Boros
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