It sounds like you’re looking to try the new populate functionality in Mongoose.
Using your example above:
var Schema = mongoose.Schema,
ObjectId = Schema.ObjectId;
SubdomainSchema = new Schema
name : String
CustphoneSchema = new Schema
phone : String
subdomain : { type: ObjectId, ref: 'SubdomainSchema' }
The subdomain
field will be is updated with an ‘_id’ such as:
var newSubdomain = new SubdomainSchema({name: 'Example Domain'})
newSubdomain.save()
var newCustphone = new CustphoneSchema({phone: '123-456-7890', subdomain: newSubdomain._id})
newCustphone.save()
To actually get data from the subdomain
field you’re going to have to use the slightly more complex query syntax:
CustphoneSchema.findOne({}).populate('subdomain').exec(function(err, custPhone) {
// Your callback code where you can access subdomain directly through custPhone.subdomain.name
})