require 'bundler' Bundler.setup(:default, :development) require 'mongoid-scroll' require 'faker' Mongoid.connect_to 'mongoid_scroll_demo' Mongoid.purge! fail 'No Moped' unless Object.const_defined?(:Moped) # total items to insert total_items = 20 # a MongoDB query will be executed every scroll_by items scroll_by = 7 # insert items with a position out-of-order rands = (0..total_items).to_a.sort { rand }[0..total_items] total_items.times do Mongoid.default_session['feed_items'].insert(title: Faker::Lorem.sentence, position: rands.pop) end Mongoid.default_session['feed_items'].indexes.create(position: 1, _id: 1) Moped.logger = Logger.new($stdout) Moped.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG total_shown = 0 next_cursor = nil loop do current_cursor = next_cursor next_cursor = nil Mongoid.default_session['feed_items'].find.limit(scroll_by).sort(position: 1).scroll(current_cursor, field_type: Integer, field_name: 'position') do |item, cursor| puts "#{item['position']}: #{item['title']}" next_cursor = cursor total_shown += 1 end break unless next_cursor # destroy an item just for the heck of it, scroll is not affected item = Mongoid.default_session['feed_items'].find.sort(position: 1).first Mongoid.default_session['feed_items'].find(_id: item['_id']).remove end # this will be 20 puts "Shown #{total_shown} items."