[DOCS-5243] Add HexData to shell mode extended json Created: 18/Apr/15 Updated: 11/Jan/17 Resolved: 27/Jul/16 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | manual |
| Affects Version/s: | None |
| Fix Version/s: | 01112017-cleanup |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Minor - P4 |
| Reporter: | Kevin Pulo | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Won't Fix | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Participants: | |
| Days since reply: | 8 years, 43 weeks, 5 days ago |
| Description |
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The Binary data section of the Extended JSON page lists BinData(t, "base64str") as the mongo Shell Mode representation of binary BSON data. However, the mongo Shell will also accept HexData(t, "hexstr") as a way of creating binary data from a hex-encoded string, rather than from a base64-encoded string. Therefore it would be useful to add this as an acceptable representation for shell mode (to help avoid unnecessary conversions to/from base64). |