Okay, so in the past few days I started messing with Node (because I think I should learn something that is actually useful and might get me a job). Right now, I know how to serve pages, basic routing and such. Nice. But I want to learn how to query databases for information.
Right now, I'm trying to build an app that serves as a webcomic website. So, in theory, the application should query the database when I type in the url http://localhost:3000/comic/<comicid>
I have the following code in my app.js file:
router.get('/', function(req, res) {
var name = getName();
console.log(name); // this prints undefined
res.render('index', {
title: name,
year: date.getFullYear()
});
});
function getName(){
db.test.find({name: Renato}, function(err, objs){
var returnable_name;
if (objs.length == 1)
{
returnable_name = objs[0].name;
console.log(returnable_name); // this prints Renato, as it should
return returnable_name;
}
});
}
With this setup I get console.log(getName()) to output undefined in the console, but I have no idea why it doesnt get the only element that the query can actually find in the database.
I have tried searching in SO and even for examples in Google, but no success.
How the hell am I supposed to get the parameter name from the object?
