问题
I know how the _id column contains a representation of timestamp when the document has been inserted into the collection. here is an online utility to convert it to timestamp: http://steveridout.github.io/mongo-object-time/
What I'm wondering is if the object id string itself is guaranteed maintain the ascending order or not? i.e. does this comparison always return true?
"newest object id" > "second newest object id"
回答1:
No, there is no guarantee whatsoever. From the official documentation:
The relationship between the order of ObjectId values and generation time is not strict within a single second. If multiple systems, or multiple processes or threads on a single system generate values, within a single second; ObjectId values do not represent a strict insertion order. Clock skew between clients can also result in non-strict ordering even for values, because client drivers generate ObjectId values, not the mongod process.
回答2:
_id: ObjectId(4 bytes timestamp, 3 bytes machine id, 2 bytes process id, 3 bytes incrementer)
This is the id structure. So only last 3 bytes will increment uniquely. So the answer of your question is yes.
回答3:
For mongo version >= 3.4
, the Objectid generation is changed a little.
Its structs are:
- a 4-byte value representing the seconds since the Unix epoch,
- a 5-byte random value, and
- a 3-byte counter, starting with a random value.
So the first 4 bytes are still the seconds since the Unix epoch, it is still almost ascending but not strictly.
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/bson-types/#objectid
来源:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31057827/is-mongodb-id-objectid-generated-in-an-ascending-order