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3131Create a Sparse Index
3232---------------------
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34- To create a `` sparse`` index, use the
35- : method:`db.collection.createIndex()` method with the ``sparse`` option
36- set to ``true``. For example, the following operation in the
37- :binary:`~bin.mongo` shell creates a sparse index on the ``xmpp_id`` field
38- of the ``addresses`` collection:
34+ To create a sparse index, use the :method:`db.collection.createIndex()`
35+ method with the ``sparse`` option set to ``true``.
36+
37+ For example, the following operation in :binary:`~bin.mongo` creates a
38+ sparse index on the ``xmpp_id`` field of the ``addresses`` collection:
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4040.. code-block:: javascript
4141
5555Behavior
5656--------
5757
58- ``sparse`` Index and Incomplete Results
59- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
58+ Sparse Index and Incomplete Results
59+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
6060
6161If a sparse index would result in an incomplete result set for queries
6262and sort operations, MongoDB will not use that index unless a
@@ -69,37 +69,27 @@ behavior.
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7070.. include:: /includes/fact-sparse-index-hint-count.rst
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72- Indexes that are ``sparse`` by Default
73- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
72+ Indexes that are Sparse by Default
73+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
7474
75- :ref:`2dsphere (version 2) <2dsphere-v2>`, :doc :`2d </core/2d >`,
76- :doc :`geoHaystack </core/ geohaystack>`, and :doc :`text
77- </core/ index-text>` indexes are always `` sparse`` .
75+ :ref:`2dsphere (version 2) <2dsphere-v2>`, :ref :`2d <2d-index >`,
76+ :ref :`geoHaystack <index- geohaystack-index >`, and :ref :`text
77+ <index-feature- text>` indexes are always sparse.
7878
79- ``sparse`` Compound Indexes
80- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
79+ .. _sparse-compound-indexes:
8180
82- Sparse :doc:`compound indexes </core/index-compound>` that only contain
83- ascending/descending index keys will index a document as long as the
84- document contains at least one of the keys.
81+ Sparse Compound Indexes
82+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
8583
86- For sparse compound indexes that contain a geospatial key (i.e.
87- :doc:`2dsphere </core/2dsphere>`, :doc:`2d </core/2d>`, or
88- :doc:`geoHaystack </core/geohaystack>` index keys) along with
89- ascending/descending index key(s), only the existence of the geospatial
90- field(s) in a document determine whether the index references the
91- document.
84+ .. include:: /includes/indexes/sparse-compound-indexes.rst
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93- For sparse compound indexes that contain :doc:`text </core/index-text>`
94- index keys along with ascending/descending index keys, only the
95- existence of the ``text`` index field(s) determine whether the index
96- references a document.
86+ .. _sparse-unique-index:
9787
9888``sparse`` and ``unique`` Properties
9989~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
10090
101- An index that is both `` sparse`` and :ref:`unique <index-type-unique>`
102- prevents collection from having documents with duplicate values for a
91+ An index that is both sparse and :ref:`unique <index-type-unique>`
92+ prevents a collection from having documents with duplicate values for a
10393field but allows multiple documents that omit the key.
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10595Examples
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