Limiting results in MongoDB but still getting the full count?

Question

For speed, I\'d like to limit a query to 10 results

db.collection.find( ... ).limit(10)

However, I\'d also like to know the total count, so

Answer 1

cursor.count() should ignore cursor.skip() and cursor.limit() by default.

Source: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/cursor.count/#cursor.count