Mongoose/mongoDB query joins.. but I come from a sql background

Question

I coming from a sql background so writing queries in sql where I join tables is quite simple but I guess I am missing that in mongoose/mongodb

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Answer 1

There are no joins in Mongodb. This question I think is a good reference:

MongoDB and "joins"

To summarize, different strategies have to be adopted with mongodb for problems that would be addressed via joins in relational DBs. I would say you mainly end-up doing one of these two things:

• Embedding: You embed information in a single document that would in a relational DB be distributed amongst different tables.
• Joining information client-side: When you need to use information from several places, you query many times and then put the pieces together in your client.