Sorting by virtual field in mongoDB (mongoose)

Question

Let\'s say I have some Schema which has a virtual field like this

var schema = new mongoose.Schema(
{
    name: { type: String }
},
{
    toObject: { virtual         


        

Answer 1

You won't be able to sort by a virtual field because they are not stored to the database.

Virtual attributes are attributes that are convenient to have around but that do not get persisted to mongodb.

http://mongoosejs.com/docs/2.7.x/docs/virtuals.html