How to remove SimpleSchema columns?

[larspetrus]

Removing a column from SimpleSchema is problematic. The obvious code is

SomeCollection.update({}, {$unset: { someAttribute: 1 }}, {multi: true});

But SimpleSchema fails with Error: someAttribute is not allowed by the schema. This works...

SomeCollection.update({}, {$unset: { someAttribute: 1 }}, {multi: true, validate: false});

...but it feels hacky and something no one will think of until they've been burned. Some ideas:

• The framework could provide a function removeField(collection, field)
• You could temporarily override Collection.update() and always add validate: false.
• If nothing else, it should be mentioned in the README.
• Something better that we didn't think of.

[jimmiebtlr]

You realize you're in percolate migration's correct?

Anyway, you can do SomeCollection.direct to avoid collection2 cleaning your data.

[larspetrus]

My suggestion was that this framework would work around this problem, but I understand if that's not something you prioritize.

Mentioning it in the documentation could be a good idea.

I couldn't find any documentation for SomeCollection.direct, but if I'm doing a workaround, I'm happy with validate: false.