select()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Selects the fields specified into a result set.

<cursor>.select([<field>[,...]])

Arguments

<cursor>		A result set.
<field>		A field name.

Field names may - but need not - be quoted. If asterisk is passed for fields or if fields are omitted, all fields will be selected.

Returns

Returns a result set (cursor).

Example

db.employees.find().select("name", "firstname", "age");

Selects name, firstname and age fields from the employees collection.