Can SailsJS use existing mongo data with string _id fields?

Question

Can SailsJS mongo adapter (sails-mongo) use existing mongo data (not created via SailsJS) with string _id fields (as opposed to ObjectIds)?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 13 '14 at 16:43

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Yes. You just need to set the autoPK setting to false in your model:

module.exports = {

    autoPK: false,
    attributes: {...},
    ...

}

See the full docs here.

answered May 13 '14 at 16:43

sgress454

In fact i didn't need to, new records are still created with ObjectIDs, old ones are treated normally (until proven otherwise) with their string IDs! I'm proceeding with this and will answer my question when it's been tested thoroughly.. – Dinana May 14 '14 at 18:16

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