Re: MongoDB removing document

[NetWallah]

The actual ID you are trying to delete has the VALUE 'something_unique' , and is of the TYPE/CLASS 'MongoDB::OID'.

So - without knowing the MongoDB API, your error is passing in the TYPE, rather than the VALUE.

I'd suggest:

$doc->delete_one( {'_id'=>$doc->{_id} } );
  # If that fails, try:
$doc->delete_one( {'_id'=>$doc->{_id}{value} } );

There are potentially other issues, but this should help step you past the current one.

good luck.

[GertMT]

Thank you for your reply

Unfortunately I keep getting the message:

Can't call method "delete_one" on unblessed reference at line...

I'll investigate further.

[stevieb]

I know absolutely nothing about MongoDB, but I can tell you that you're trying to call a method on something that doesn't have any (a plain hash reference).

In the MongoDB documentation's SYNOPSYS, it shows that to delete a document, you call the method against the collection ($coll) object like this: $coll->delete_one({ name => 'value' });

For completeness, here's the expanded documentation specifically for the delete_one() method.

When in doubt, RTFM ;)

[GertMT]

Thanks, after studying the documents (that are really well done!) I indeed do have a problem executing the proper commands while iterating the MongoDB::Cursor. There are not too many examples of that.