How do i Include the Mongoose Module?

[trikkky]

Hi,
Im only on 'coming to a server near' you page 14.. i wondered how i included the mongDB files in the project?

I am on windows 7. writing my files in e-editor and have installed supervisor and everything has been going well.

but i am not sure where to put the mongo application files i downloaded from mongo.
i have attached my error.

Thanks for any help or a point in the right direction would be nice.

Do i have to just put the bin folder in the root of the app or???

[trikkky]

I have re ran the npm install and it has included the Mongoose module.
when i run the app know i get an error saying
Database names cannot contain the character '.'
I have looked at all my code and it looks good and I am making the connection properly as i can see.
var mongoose = require('mongoose');
var Schema = mongoose.Schema;

module.exports.mongoose = mongoose;
module.exports.Schema = Schema;

// Connect to cloud DB

var username = "firstProject"
var password = "Changed for safety!!";
var address = 'ds033257.mongolab.com:33257/firstproject';
connect();

// Connect to Mongo
// ================
function connect(){
var url = 'mongodb://'+ username + ':' + password + address;
mongoose.connect(url);
}
function disconnect() {mongoose.disconnect()}

it is complaining about drivers in the mongoose\lib\drivers\node-mongodb-native\connection

Do i need to put the drivers i downloaded from mongo any where in the project .. This is the bit i don't get , if i D/L some drivers or the download you need for windows? what do i do with them? or are they for if you don't want to built in the cloud and you install on your local machine?

any help or explanation would be good..

[AussieJohn]

I have re ran the npm install and it has included the Mongoose module.
when i run the app know i get an error saying
Database names cannot contain the character '.'

If your actual password has spaces or @ symbols in it, try removing them and see if that helps

Next up, the address has to start with an "@" symbol

var address = '@ds033257.mongolab.com:33257/firstproject';

Do i need to put the drivers i downloaded from mongo any where in the project .. This is the bit i don't get , if i D/L some drivers or the download you need for windows? what do i do with them? or are they for if you don't want to built in the cloud and you install on your local machine?

From what I can tell it would be either your password or the fact that the "@" was missing from the beginning of the address. If you did the NPM install then you'll see that in the node_modules directory the "mongoose" module is installed. It in turn has a node_modules folder with its dependencies (one of them should be MongoDB)

[Don Nguyen]

Hi trikkky, you don't have to put downloaded drivers in your project. Are you still having trouble after following AussieJohn's post?

[trikkky]

nodeError3.PNGYes I have installed ubuntu in a virtual box and going to try and do it from there as i have never done any terminal/cmd work in windows but have done lots in terminal and vim. so gonna see if it is windows .
here is my errors when i run app.js
i do not see a '.' anywhere and have deleted all inputs and typed them in again.

[Don Nguyen]

OK let us know if Ubuntu makes any difference. One of the interesting thing is you can do is modify modules directly. In this case you could modify mongodb\lib\mongodb\db.js in a text editor to print out

databaseName

e.g. console.log(databaseName);

on line 210. If there is still a problem and you post the output, it might help shed further light on the problem