how to save a result from a mongodb query into a javascript variable?

Question

there are some questions here regarding how to save a result from a query into a javascript varialbe, but I\'m just not able to implement them. The point is that I have a mu

Answer 1

Assuming you're trying to do this in the shell:

 tmp = db.drives.find({}, {_id:0, driveDate:1}).sort({driveDate:1}).limit(1).toArray()[0]

find returns a cursor that you need to iterate over to retrieve the actual documents. Calling toArray on the cursor converts it to an array of docs.