User partition not reading data

We have this random bug that is occurring on reading data from a user partition. We are writing a simple Swift app that syncs. Our table is called UserData

class UserData: Object {
    @objc dynamic var _id = ObjectId.generate()
    @objc dynamic var _partition = ""
    @objc dynamic var uid = ""
    @objc dynamic var name = ""
    override static func primaryKey() -> String? {
        return "_id"
    }
    override static func indexedProperties() -> [String] {
        return ["uid"]
    }
    
    convenience init(uid: String, partition: String, name: String) {
        self.init()
        self._partition = partition
        self.uid = uid
        self.name = name
    }
}

The partition is always set to the uid. Upon signup we create a user data for each user. That works fine. It’s later on when we try to read it, we have problems.

            let results = RealmManager.shared.userRealm.objects(UserData.self)
            
            self.notificationToken = results.observe { (changes: RealmCollectionChange) in
        
                switch changes {
                case .initial:
                    NSLog("initial")
                    if results.count > 0 {
                        self.name = results[0].name
                    }
                    
                case .update(let results, _, _, _):
                    NSLog("update")
                    if results.count > 0 {
                        self.name = results[0].name
                    }
                    
                case .error(let error):
                    // An error occurred while opening the Realm file on the background worker thread
                    fatalError("\(error)")
                }
            }

This code works most of the time, but for some users we can never retrieve the record. We see the record in Compass, but always get a result count of zero back in code. If we terminate the “Sync” - not pause it - the bug goes away. This seems completely random. I was wondering if we need to make the partition key indexed?

Thanks

@Richard_Krueger How are you opening the Realm? Are you making sure to use realm.asyncOpen? This will download the data to disk first before returning a valid realm reference for you to observe

@Ian_Ward This is what I was using

self.userRealm = 
   try! Realm(configuration: user.configuration(partitionValue: uid))

I was not using realm.asyncOpen.

@Ian_Ward Ok I found the section describing this issue in the docs

https://docs.mongodb.com/realm/ios/sync-data/

Quick question, we are also writing a Node.js app as well. Is there an equivalent to realm.asyncOpen in Node.js?

Yes. For node.js you can use Realm.open

@Ian_Ward We have switched to using realm.asyncOpen and the problem seems to have gone away. Thanks for the tip.

I would suggest getting the docs folks to update the Quick Start section on “Open A Realm” to reflect this.

Thank you guys !!
I was beating my head having the same issue asyncOpen did it.

@Barry_Fawthrop your welcome, I still have a head wound, but my program runs great!

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