embedded doc - no validation

[mmukhin]

I'm assuming this was not intended and that I dont have errors :)

var Person = new Schema({
    first_name      : { type: String, required: true, trim: true }
  , last_name       : { type: String, required: true, trim: true }
  , username        : { type: String, required: true, trim: true, unique: true }
  , hobbies         : [Hobby]
  , shoe_size       : Number
  , eye_color       : String
});

function sampleval(v){
    return v.length < 3;
}
var Hobby = new Schema({
    name            : { type: String, required: true, trim: true, unique: true, validate: [sampleval] }
});

None of the Hobby validations work (unique, required (if blank string after trimming), sampleval)...

    Person.findOne({ username: req.params.username }, function(error, person){
        if(error){
            res.json(error);
        }
        else if(person == null){
            res.json('no such user!')
        }
        else{
            person.hobbies.push({ name: req.params.hobby });
            person.save( function(error, data){
                if(error){
                    res.json(error);
                }
                else{
                    res.json(data);
                }
            });
        }
    });

[aheckmann]

your schemas are out of order. declare the embedded doc schema before passing it into the parent schema.

[mmukhin]

Does it work for updating schemas? I put in a validator for "min characters = 2" for the Hobby.name and it works, but "unique still doesn't"

[aheckmann]

unique is not a validator. it is a unique index. the index creation is probably failing. listen to errors on your connection to see if thats whats up.

mongoose.connect(..);
mongoose.connection.on('error', console.error);

or

var db = mongoose.createConnection(..);
db.on('errro', console.error);

[mmukhin]

Oh thats probably it then.. thanks! Is there any built-in validation for uniqueness of key:val (e.g. a unique username) for a given collection?

[aheckmann]

no