BSON Symbols and Node.JS

insert_bson_symbols.rb

require 'mongo'

@db = Mongo::Connection.new['test']
@symbol_coll = @db['bson_symbols']
@string_coll = @db['bson_string']

[@symbol_coll, @string_coll].each{|c| c.remove }

3.times do |i|
  @symbol_coll.insert({'foo' => [:a, :b, :c, :d]})
end

3.times do |i|
  @string_coll.insert({'foo' => ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']})
end

test_bson_string.js

var MongoDB = require('mongodb'),
    client = new MongoDB.Db('test', new MongoDB.Server('localhost',27017), {native_parser:true});
    
client.open(function(err, db){
  db.collection('bson_string', function(err, coll){
    coll.find().toArray(function(err, results){
      console.log(results);
      client.close();
    });
  });
});

test_bson_symbol.js

var MongoDB = require('mongodb'),
    client = new MongoDB.Db('test', new MongoDB.Server('localhost',27017), {native_parser:true});
    
client.open(function(err, db){
  db.collection('bson_symbols', function(err, coll){
    coll.find().toArray(function(err, results){
      //this is bad news
      console.log(results);
      client.close();
    });
  });
});