Dynamically create index with mongoid

Question

I have a job that create new fields to my document, I want, at the end of this job, to create indexes to this fields. I tried

Model.index(\"field\"=>-1)


        

Answer 1

Saying Model.index(:field => -1), more or less, just registers the existence of the index with Model, it doesn't actually create an index. You're looking for create_indexes:

- (true) create_indexes

Send the actual index creation comments to the MongoDB driver

So you'd want to say:

Model.index(field: -1)
Model.create_indexes

You can also create them directly through Moped by calling create on the collection's indexes:

Mongoid::Sessions.default[:models].indexes.create(field: -1)
Model.collection.indexes.create(field: 1)
# or in newer versions:
Model.collection.indexes.create_one(field: 1)

Mongoid::Sessions has been renamed to Mongoid::Clients in newer versions so you might need to say:

Mongoid::Clients.default[:models].indexes.create(field: 1)
Model.collection.indexes.create(field: 1)
# or in even newer versions:
Model.collection.indexes.create_one(field: 1)

Thanks to js_ and mltsy for noting these changes.