I have Collection named Account
This is this collection:
userID: "1111111111111111111"
player: {
something:{
something2: {
smth: 99
},
something3: {
smth: 88
}
}
}
I want to add something4 {smth: 77}" into something from other collection or json file.
I tried with Collection.findOneAndUpdate or Collection.insertOne but nothing working.
You are going the right direction with collection.findOneAndUpdate()
you need to do:
collection.findOneAndUpdate({usrID:"1111111111111111111"}, [{
$set:{something4:{smth: 77}}
}]);
See the update operators page https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/
Related
I have a situation where a model changed at some point in time and I am faced with (for argument sake) half my data liks like this
{
_id: OID,
things: [{
_id:OID,
arm: string,
body: string
}],
other: string
}
and the other half of my data look like this
{
_id: OID,
things: [{
_id:OID,
upper_appendage: string,
body: string
}],
other: string
}
I would like to 'correct' half of the data - so that I DON'T have to accommodate both names for 'arm' in my application code.
I have tried a couple different things:
The first errors
db.getCollection('x')
.find({things:{$exists:true}})
.forEach(function (record) {
record.things.arm = record.things.upper_appendage;
db.users.save(record);
});
and this - which destroys all the other data in
db.getCollection('x')
.find({things:{$exists:true}})
.forEach(function (record) {
record.things = {
upper_appendage.arm = record.things.upper_appendage
};
db.users.save(record);
});
Keeping in mind that there is other data I want to maintain...
How can I do this???
the $rename operator should have worked for this job but unfortunately it doesn't seem to support nested array fields (as of mongodb server 4.2). instead you'd need a forEach like the following:
db.items.find({
things: {
$elemMatch: {
arm: {
$exists: true
}
}
}
}).forEach(function(item) {
for (i = 0; i != item.things.length; ++i)
{
item.things[i].upper_appendage = item.things[i].arm;
delete item.things[i].arm; ;
}
db.items.update({
_id: item._id
}, item);
})
note: i've assumed you want to make all records have upper_appendageand get rid of 'arm' field. if it's the other way you want, just switch things around.
I'm trying to update a sub document on an existing collection. I'm getting a MongoDB error message.
"MongoError: The positional operator did not find the match needed from the query. Unexpanded update: articleWords.$ [409]"
From my Articles Simple Schema
"articleWords.$": {
type: Object
},
"articleWords.$.wordId": {
type: String,
label: 'Word ID'
},
"articleWords.$.word": {
type: String,
label: 'Word'
},
Update Function
function updateArticle(_id,wordArr) {
_.each(wordArr,function(elem) {
var ret = Articles.update(
{'_id': _id},
{ $set: { 'articleWords.$': { 'wordId': elem.wordId, 'word': elem.word } }
});
});
return true;
}
As you can see I am passing an array of objects. Is there a better way to do this than _.each ?
CLARIFICATION
Thank you to #corvid for the answer. I think I didn't make my question clear enough. There does exist an article record, but there is no data added to the articleWords attribute. Essentially we are updating a record but insert into the articleWords array.
A second attempt, is also not working
_.each(wordArr,function(elem) {
var ret = Articles.update(
{'_id': _id},
{ $set: { 'articleWords.$.wordId': elem.wordId, 'articleWords.$.word': elem.word } }
);
});
Yes, you need your selector to match something within the subdocument. For example,
Articles.update({
'_id': <someid>,
'words.wordId': <somewordid>
}, {
$set: {
'words.$.word': elem.word,
'words.$.wordId': elem.wordId
}
});
If the array doesn't exist yet then you're going about this in the hardest way possible. You can just set the entire array at one go:
var ret = Articles.update(
{'_id': _id},
{ $set: { articleWords: wordArr }}
);
I can see that wordArr already has the id and string. This will work as long as it doesn't have more content. If it does then you can just make a second version with the parts you want to keep.
I have an array inside a document of a collection called pown.
{
_id: 123..,
name: pupies,
pups:[ {name: pup1, location: somewhere}, {name: pup2, ...}]
}
Now a user using my rest-service sends the entire first entry as put request:
{name: pup1, location: inTown}
After that I want to update this element in my database.
Therefore I tried this:
var updatedPup = req.body;
var searchQuery = {
_id : 123...,
pups : { name : req.body.name }
}
var updateQuery = {
$set: {'pups': updatedPup }
}
db.pown.update(searchQuery, updateQuery, function(err, data){ ... }
Unfortunately it is not updating anythig.
Does anyone know how to update an entire array-element?
As Neil pointed, you need to be acquainted with the dot notation(used to select the fields) and the positional operator $ (used to select a particular element in an array i.e the element matched in the original search query). If you want to replace the whole element in the array
var updateQuery= {
"$set":{"pups.$": updatedPup}
}
If you only need to change the location,
var updateQuery= {
"$set":{"pups.$.location": updatedPup.location}
}
The problem here is that the selection in your query actually wants to update an embedded array element in your document. The first thing is that you want to use "dot notation" instead, and then you also want the positional $ modifier to select the correct element:
db.pown.update(
{ "pups.name": req.body.name },
{ "$set": { "pups.$.locatation": req.body.location }
)
That would be the nice way to do things. Mostly because you really only want to modify the "location" property of the sub-document. So that is how you express that.
I am trying to update an Array object based on a condition. Following is my scenario :-
I want to update status from current to archive.
I have tried many things for hours but still no luck. Like this :-
db.user.update({
'injury._id': ObjectId("5374cb4d1e0386c02800006a"),
'injury.injurydata.locationaddressinjury': {
$elemMatch: {
'status': 'current'
}
}
}, {
$set: {
'injury.injurydata.locationaddressinjury.status': 'archive'
}
})
The picture made it hard to read the structure of your data. But I guess the update you are looking for would be something like this:
db.user.update({
'injury._id': ObjectId("5374cb4d1e0386c02800006a"),
'injury.injurydata.locationaddressinjury': {
$elemMatch: {
'status': 'current'
}
}
}, {
$set: {
'injury.injurydata.locationaddressinjury.$.status': 'archive'
}
});
The $ would refer to the element you found. While if you are looking for a way to update all element at one time. I'm afraid $elemMatch would just match the first element that satisfies your condition.
I have a Collection that has documents with an array of nested objects.
Here is fixture code to populate the database:
if (Parents.find().count() == 0) {
var parentId = Parents.insert({
name: "Parent One"
});
Children.insert({
parent: parentId,
fields: [
{
_id: new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID(),
position: 3,
name: "three"
},
{
_id: new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID(),
position: 1,
name: "one"
},
{
_id: new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID(),
position: 2,
name: "two"
},
]
});
}
You might be asking yourself, why do I even need an ObjectID when I can just update based off of the names. This is a simplified example to a much more complex schema that I'm currently working on and the the nested object are going to be created dynamically, the ObjectID's are definitely going to be necessary to make this work.
Basically, I need a way to save those nested objects with a unique ID and be able to update the fields by their _id.
Here is my Method, and the call I'm making from the browser console:
Meteor.methods({
upChild: function( options ) {
console.log(new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID());
Children.update({_id: options._id, "fields._id": options.fieldId }, {$set: {"fields.$.position": options.position}}, function(error){
if(error) {
console.log(error);
} else {
console.log("success");
}
});
}
});
My call from the console:
Meteor.call('upChild', {
_id: "5NuiSNQdNcZwau92M",
fieldId: "9b93aa1ef3868d762b84d2f2",
position: 1
});
And here is a screenshot of the html where I'm rendering all of the data for the Parents and Children collections:
Just an observation, as I was looking how generate unique IDs client side for a similar reason. I found calling new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID() was returning a object in the form 'ObjectID("abc...")'. By assigning Meteor.Collection.ObjectID()._str to _id, I got string as 'abc...' instead, which is what I wanted.
I hope this helps, and I'd be curious to know if anyone has a better way of handling this?
Jason
Avoid using the _str because it can change in the future. Use this:
new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID().toHexString() or
new Meteor.Collection.ObjectID().valueOf()
You can also use the official random package:
Random.id()