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		xal on Dec 23, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MongoDB gotchas for the unaware user Agreed. I wish normal SQL dbs would implement a mode where index misses result in errors unless they contain some sort of opt in text.

eldenbishop on Dec 24, 2010 | [–]

Mongo servers can be run in a mode that rejects the query with an error if it would result in a row scan. Very useful for safely avoiding bad queries slamming your server.

latch on Dec 24, 2010 | [–]

Some "normal" SQL dbs can, at the very least, be configured to log this. Which is pretty great when you consider some can't.

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