auto increment in mongoose + nodejs
... var bookSchema = new Schema({ author: { type: Schema.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Author' }, title: String, genre: String, publishDate: Date }); bookSchema.plugin(autoIncrement.plugin, 'Book'); var Book = connection.model('Book', bookSchema); ```` That's it. Now you can create book entities at will and they will have an `_id` field added of type `Number` and will automatically increment with each new document. Even declaring references is easy, just remember to change the reference property's type to `Number` instead of `ObjectId` if the referenced model is also using the plugin. ````js var authorSchema = new mongoose.Schema({ ...
