I understand the difference between embedded and referenced relationships in mongodb. By why do you need them in the first place?
I understand the difference between embedded and referenced relationships in mongodb. By why do
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I understand the difference between embedded and referenced relationships in mongodb. By why do you need them in the first place?
MongoDB documentation has a section on this including a discussion on “why would I not want to embed this object?”
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Schema+Design
Sometimes it’s a question of the maintenance effort required to embed copies in each document, sometimes it’s simply impossible to embed because of the limits on document sizes.