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Created August 2, 2012 22:51
MongoDB Aggregation Framework way for "select count (distinct fieldName) from someTable" for large collections
//equivalent of "select count (distinct fieldName) from someTable"
db.someCollection.aggregate([{ $group: { _id: "$fieldName"} },{ $group: { _id: 1, count: { $sum: 1 } } } ])