Question

I have a set of nested queries with express/mongoose, pretty much like so:

app.get(..., function(...) {

   Schema1.query(..., function(..., res1) {

      for ( var key in res1 ) {
           Schema2.query(..., function(..., res2) {
             data[key].appendedAttribute = res2.somedata;
            });
      }

      res.render(..., data);
   });

});

Which doesnt work, that is, appendedAttribute is never appended to the dataset. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Using after

app.get(..., function(...) {
    Schema1.query(..., function(..., res1) {
        var cb = after(Object.keys(res1).length, function () {
            res.render(..., data);    
        });

        for (var key in res1) {
            Schema2.query(..., function(..., res2) {
                data[key].appendedAttribute = res2.somedata;
                cb();
            });
        }
    });
});

Basically you must only fire the res.render call after the second query has finished.