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Asked: June 13, 20262026-06-13T22:03:44+00:00 2026-06-13T22:03:44+00:00

There is an user model and an account model. An user can have many

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There is an user model and an account model. An user can have many accounts. Approximately an user has 5 accounts.

What kind of associations should I use in this case: EmbeddedDocument or one-to-many?

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    2026-06-13T22:03:47+00:00Added an answer on June 13, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    Could an account exist without a user? Could you have more than 1 user with the same account?
    It seems it doesn’t so perhaps it is betther to embed the accounts into the User.

    Review the Mongo documentation about embedding vs linking

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