I have a query, which selects documents to be removed. Right now, I remove them manually, like this (using python):
for id in mycoll.find(query, fields={}):
mycoll.remove(id)
This does not seem to be very efficient. Is there a better way?
EDIT
OK, I owe an apology for forgetting to mention the query details, because it matters. Here is the complete python code:
def reduce_duplicates(mydb, max_group_size):
# 1. Count the group sizes
res = mydb.static.map_reduce(jstrMeasureGroupMap, jstrMeasureGroupReduce, 'filter_scratch', full_response = True)
# 2. For each entry from the filter scratch collection having count > max_group_size
deleteFindArgs = {'fields': {}, 'sort': [('test_date', ASCENDING)]}
for entry in mydb.filter_scratch.find({'value': {'$gt': max_group_size}}):
key = entry['_id']
group_size = int(entry['value'])
# 2b. query the original collection by the entry key, order it by test_date ascending, limit to the group size minus max_group_size.
for id in mydb.static.find(key, limit = group_size - max_group_size, **deleteFindArgs):
mydb.static.remove(id)
return res['counts']['input']
So, what does it do? It reduces the number of duplicate keys to at most max_group_size
per key value, leaving only the newest records. It works like this:
- MR the data to
(key, count)
pairs.
- Iterate over all the pairs with
count > max_group_size
- Query the data by
key
, while sorting it ascending by the timestamp (the oldest first) and limiting the result to the count - max_group_size
oldest records
- Delete each and every found record.
As you can see, this accomplishes the task of reducing the duplicates to at most N newest records. So, the last two steps are foreach-found-remove
and this is the important detail of my question, that changes everything and I had to be more specific about it - sorry.
Now, about the collection remove command. It does accept query, but mine include sorting and limiting. Can I do it with remove? Well, I have tried:
mydb.static.find(key, limit = group_size - max_group_size, sort=[('test_date', ASCENDING)])
This attempt fails miserably. Moreover, it seems to screw mongo.Observe:
C:devpocSDR>python FilterOoklaData.py
bad offset:0 accessing file: /data/db/ookla.0 - consider repairing database
Needless to say, that the foreach-found-remove approach works and yields the expected results.
Now, I hope I have provided enough context and (hopefully) have restored my lost honour.
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