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The fields in a document are reordered (sorted alphabetically) when setting a field value

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    • Type: Icon: Bug Bug
    • Resolution: Done
    • Priority: Icon: Major - P3 Major - P3
    • 2.5.2
    • Affects Version/s: 1.8.0-rc0
    • Component/s: Write Ops
    • None
    • Environment:
      OS X. 1.8.0_rc0
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      The fields in a document are reordered when the size of the value stored in it changes (increases or decreases)

      Case 1: No change in size of field, so no change in field order
      db.testcol.find()
      db.testcol.save(

      {a:1,c:3,b:2}

      )
      db.testcol.find()

      { "_id" : ObjectId("4d5efc3bec5855af36834f5a"), "a" : 1, "c" : 3, "b" : 2 }

      db.testcol.update(

      {a:1}

      ,{$set:{c:22}})
      db.testcol.find()

      { "_id" : ObjectId("4d5efc3bec5855af36834f5a"), "a" : 1, "c" : 22, "b" : 2 }

      Case 2: Field size changes and the fields are reodered
      db.testcol.find()
      db.testcol.save(

      {a:1,c:"foo",b:2,d:4}

      )
      db.testcol.find()

      { "_id" : ObjectId("4d5efdceec5855af36834f5e"), "a" : 1, "c" : "foo", "b" : 2, "d" : 4 }

      db.testcol.update(

      {a:1}

      ,{$set:{c:"foobar"}})
      db.testcol.find()

      { "_id" : ObjectId("4d5efdceec5855af36834f5e"), "a" : 1, "b" : 2, "c" : "foobar", "d" : 4 }

      Case 3: Field size changes and the fields are reordered. Note : the _id field is moved to the last field on the node
      > db.testcol.find()
      > db.testcol.save(

      {A:1,C:"foo",B:2,D:4}

      )
      > db.testcol.find()

      { "_id" : ObjectId("4d5f16ceec5855af36834f60"), "A" : 1, "C" : "foo", "B" : 2, "D" : 4 }

      > db.testcol.update(

      {A:1}

      ,{$set:{C:"f"}})
      > db.testcol.find()

      { "A" : 1, "B" : 2, "C" : "f", "D" : 4, "_id" : ObjectId("4d5f16ceec5855af36834f60") }

            Assignee:
            andrew.morrow@mongodb.com Andrew Morrow (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            sridhar Sridhar Nanjundeswaran
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