// to run: // ./mongo jstests/ref3.js db.otherthings3.drop(); db.things3.drop(); var other = { s : "other thing", n : 1}; db.otherthings3.save(other); db.things3.save( { name : "abc" } ); x = db.things3.findOne(); x.o = new DBRef( "otherthings3" , other._id ); db.things3.save(x); assert( db.things3.findOne().o.fetch().n == 1, "dbref broken 2" ); other.n++; db.otherthings3.save(other); assert( db.things3.findOne().o.fetch().n == 2, "dbrefs broken" );