Nested arrays in Mongoose - node.js

Question

In the collection I'm working on, a document looks like this:
{
name: 'Myname',
other: 'other',
stuff: [
['something', 12, 4, 'somethingelse'],
['morestuff', 2, 4, 8],
['finally', 12, 'again', 58],
]
}
I wrote this Mongoose schema to access it:
var MyDocSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
other: String,
stuff: [],
});
When I query a doc, everything works well, the output shown in the console is right. But when, I try to do console.log(myDoc.stuff), I got the following:
['something', 12, 4, 'somethingelse', 'morestuff', 2, 4, 8, 'finally', 12, 'again', 58]
instead of
[
['something', 12, 4, 'somethingelse'],
['morestuff', 2, 4, 8],
['finally', 12, 'again', 58],
]
What am I doing wrong? Thank you for your help!!

Answer 1

Disclaimer: This response is pretty dated, 2012! It might not be the most accurate.
From the Mongoose documentation.
http://mongoosejs.com/docs/schematypes.html: Scroll down to the Array section:
Note: specifying an empty array is equivalent to [Mixed]. The
following all create arrays of Mixed.
Details on what that means is in the Mixed section right above the Array section.
Here's what you need to do.
Define a schema for the embedded documents:
var Stuff = new Schema({
name: String,
value1: Number,
...
});
Use that instead of an empty array []:
var MyDocSchema = new Schema({
name: String,
other: String,
stuff: [Stuff],
});