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How to join strings array with ids?
Hi,
I have a tag field with select2, user can select multiple tags and i store the array of ids.
I want to join the values of tags, any suggestions on how I can do this?
I used the Qualities Collection to illustrate Tags:
var Companies = new Mongo.Collection("companies");
var Qualities = new Mongo.Collection("qualities");
var Employees = new Mongo.Collection("employees");
//Companies
{
_id: "CQKDzmqmQXGhsC6PG",
name: "Acme"
}
//Qualities
{
_id: "AAKDzmqmQXGhsC6AA",
name: "Amazing"
}
{
_id: "BBKDzmqmQXGhsC6BB",
name: "Awesome"
}
//Employees
{
_id: "dySSKA25pCtKjo5uA",
name: "Jimi Hendrix",
companyId: "CQKDzmqmQXGhsC6PG",
qualitiesIDs: [
'AAKDzmqmQXGhsC6AA',
'BBKDzmqmQXGhsC6BB'
]
}
//Join Company - OK!
Employees.join(Companies, "companyId", "company", ["name"]);
//I get this - OK!
{
_id: "dySSKA25pCtKjo5uA",
name: "Jimi Hendrix",
companyId: "CQKDzmqmQXGhsC6PG",
company: {
name: "Acme"
},
qualitiesIDs: [
'AAKDzmqmQXGhsC6AA',
'BBKDzmqmQXGhsC6BB'
]
}
Employees.join(Qualities, "qualitiesIDs", "qualities", []);
//How i can get this result?
{
_id: "dySSKA25pCtKjo5uA",
name: "Jimi Hendrix",
companyId: "CQKDzmqmQXGhsC6PG",
company: {
name: "Acme"
}
qualitiesIDs: [
'AAKDzmqmQXGhsC6AA',
'BBKDzmqmQXGhsC6BB'
]
qualities: [
{
_id: "AAKDzmqmQXGhsC6AA",
name: "Amazing"
},
{
_id: "BBKDzmqmQXGhsC6BB",
name: "Awesome"
}
]
}
@livimonte have you ever found the solutions? please share, as my case almost identical