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  1. Core Server
  2. SERVER-43334

Disallow additional path components after the positional projection ("$") operator

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    • Status: Closed
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • None
    • 4.3.3
    • Querying
    • Minor Change
    • Query 2019-12-16

    Description

      Positional projections

      a.b.$

      and 

      a.b.$.c

       

      Are treated equivalently. By most, this is considered a bug (see SERVER-6866). We should consider breaking this behavior, and making any positional projection with fields after the '$' illegal.

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SERVER-6866 Support dotted field past positional operator with positional operator projection

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
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              ian.boros@mongodb.com Ian Boros
              ian.boros@mongodb.com Ian Boros
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