try: col.find({username:**username}, {}, {sort: {date: -1}}, function(err, records){ console.log(records); });
1st param is the query, 2nd param is options object, sort is an object under the options object as entered in the Mongo CLI. In your examples your using arrays instead of objects. - Jeremy On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 3:03 PM, john.tiger <john.tigernas...@gmail.com>wrote: > have tried various syntax but nothing seems to be working - and which is > right docs vs examples vs tests (I would think tests - some show "desc" > some show "-1" > > here's an example: > > coll.find({"username":**username}, {"sort":['date','desc']}, > function(err,cursor) { > > also tried as per test: > coll.find({"username":**username}, {"sort":[['date', -1]]}, > function(err,cursor) { > > thks for any help on this > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/**node/wiki/Mailing-List-** > Posting-Guidelines<https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<nodejs%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/**group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en> > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en