I am using PHP + MongoDB. Is it possible to have shorter Id for a record or shorter unique Id for a record? When I use Id in URL, it is too long. I want it to be shorter. Please advice.
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The IDs are that length for a reason. http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/glossary/#term-objectid – sevenseacat Jan 03 '14 at 06:17
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1While not exactly your question, this might be helpful: http://stackoverflow.com/a/19031308/95190 – WiredPrairie Jan 03 '14 at 11:55
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As rightly said by @sevenseacat, the ObjectIDs can't be cut short.
Instead, you can always override your _id value to a user-defined number or string. This would allow you to have a smaller value that you can pass in a URL.
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