How to create a nested data structure without using components or json type?

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System Information
  • Strapi Version: 3.2.5
  • Operating System: Win10
  • Database: MongoDB 4.0.5
  • Node Version: 12.14
  • NPM Version: 6.13.4
  • Yarn Version:

Is it possible in strapi to create a nested database for mongo/mongoose without using components? I feel components are going to slow down the queries unnecessarily because they are stored as ref in the original document. I could use a json field but I will be missing the shape validation from mongoose or strapi itself. Can anyone shed some light on this?

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What about relations? By using indexes they are very fast. No issues with performance on my e-commerce app with over 100k products and more than 20 relations.

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Also you can use strapi.query() and make your custom requests instead of using the strapi’s default methods for find/findOne.

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Thanks, Relations won’t be that good when schema has 5 or more relations, one of the good thing about nosql is the embedding. Even with components it works the same behind the seen. Components are stored in different collection and a ref is stored in original document.
Can you link the documentation of query?

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That depends on your needs. Can you explain what app you are building? And what data/nested data you are going to store? Maybe I could help you with some ideas on how to build the architecture if I knew better what you are trying to achieve.

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