I have large amount data records, and each one has unique id in my domain. So can I disable(do not save) the ObjectID in inserted documents in mongodb? It will take a lot of disk space…
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I have large amount data records, and each one has unique id in my domain. So can I disable(do not save) the ObjectID in inserted documents in mongodb? It will take a lot of disk space…
The
_idfield is mandatory and you need to provide a unique value for each doc, but it doesn’t have to be an ObjectID. You could use an integer value instead to save space, but it’s up to you to ensure each doc’s value is unique.