MongoDB update a subdocument attribute - mongodb

Let me start by saying I'm sorry if this has been answered, but I can't get other questions on this site to fit my needs and, more importantly, work.
I have the below example document, with a subdocument of 'address':
{
"_id" : ObjectId("....")
,"addresses" :
[{
"start" : ISODate("1973-07-10T00:11:51.111Z")
,"value" : "123 long road"
}]
}
What I need to do is to close the existing address record with an end attribute, and add a new line for the new address with a new start and value attribute. Eventually, I'll need to do this again so the code needs to update the subdocument record where end does not exist.
The below code does not work, but it's about as far as I can get:
db.sites.update(
{"_id" : ObjectId("....")
, "addresses.end" : {"$exists" : false}}
,{"$set": {"addresses.$.end" : "fdsa"}});
This gives the error:
Cannot apply the positional operator without a corresponding query field containing an array.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Juste replace in your query "addresses.end" : {"$exists" : false} with:
addresses: {$elemMatch: {end: {$exists: false}}}

Your address field is poorly defined. you need make it a subdocument or an array of subdocuments. ie {
"_id" : ObjectId("....")
,"addresses" :
[
{
"start" : ISODate("1973-07-10T00:11:51.111Z")
,"value" : "123 long road"
}
]
}
your query should then work!

I think that the Query should be more specific
**Updated **
db.sites.update ( {"_id" : ObjectId("...."), addresses: { "$elemMatch" : { end:{$exists : false}} } }, {"$set": {"addresses.$.end" : "fdsa"}});
db.sites.find()
results:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("53df93da560b7815e1237934"),
"addresses" : [
{
"start" : ISODate("1973-07-10T00:11:51.111Z"),
"value" : "123 long road",
"end" : "fdsa"
}
]
}
but you can update only one
Take a look http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/projection/positional/#proj.S
You can t update more element in Array https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-1243

Related

how to use update query in mongoDb?

I have few documents in user Collection like below .I need to update ancestors field alone,Need to add few more values.
db.users.find()
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5d9fd81f3d598088d2ea5dcc"),
"DOB" : ISODate("1979-05-23T00:00:00Z"),
"userImage" : "sathish_1589780950636.jpeg",
"createdDateTime" : ISODate("2016-02-01T09:43:27Z"),
"modifiedDateTime" : ISODate("2017-04-26T15:57:09Z"),
"status" : "active",
"ancestors" : [
ObjectId("5d9fd81b3d598088d2ea5dc7")
],
"parent" : ObjectId("5d9fd81b3d598088d2ea5dc7")
}
When i tried the below query.
db.users.update({"_id" : ObjectId("5d9fd81f3d598088d2ea5dcc")},{$set:{"ancestors" : [
ObjectId("5f45f9491ff4bd74ec754e3a"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8203d598088d2ea5dcd"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8723d598088d2ea5e43")
]}})
It just replace the old one and completely adding the new one.
I need the result to be like this .old data should also remain and new one should be added.
"ancestors" : [
ObjectId("5f45f9491ff4bd74ec754e3a"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8203d598088d2ea5dcd"),
ObjectId("5d9fd81b3d598088d2ea5dc7"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8723d598088d2ea5e43")
]
This update query should be done in all documents in that collection. the above mentioned 3 values to be added in all documents, instead of find and update, I should be doing bulk updated
I think you can run the following:
db.users.updateOne({"_id" : ObjectId("5d9fd81f3d598088d2ea5dcc")},{$addToSet:{"ancestors" :{ $each: [
ObjectId("5f45f9491ff4bd74ec754e3a"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8203d598088d2ea5dcd"),
ObjectId("5d9fd8723d598088d2ea5e43")
]}}})
ref: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/each/
You can use mongodb method $push
db.users.update({"_id" : ObjectId("5d9fd81f3d598088d2ea5dcc")},
{ $push: {ancestors:ObjectId("5f45f9491ff4bd74ec754e3a") } })
[check doc][1]
[1]: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/operator/update/push/

MongoDB get all embedded documents where condition is met

I did this in my mongodb:
db.teams.insert({name:"Alpha team",employees:[{name:"john"},{name:"david"}]});
db.teams.insert({name:"True team",employees:[{name:"oliver"},{name:"sam"}]});
db.teams.insert({name:"Blue team",employees:[{name:"jane"},{name:"raji"}]});
db.teams.find({"employees.name":/.*o.*/});
But what I got was:
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5ddf3ca83c182cc5354a15dd"), "name" : "Alpha team", "employees" : [ { "name" : "john" }, { "name" : "david" } ] }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5ddf3ca93c182cc5354a15de"), "name" : "True team", "employees" : [ { "name" : "oliver" }, { "name" : "sam" } ] }
But what I really want is
[{"name":"john"},{"name":"oliver"}]
I'm having a hard time finding examples of this without using some kind of programmatic iterator/loop. Or examples I find return the parent document, which means I'd have to parse out the embedded array employees and do some kind of UNION statement?
Eg.
How to get embedded document in mongodb?
Retrieve only the queried element in an object array in MongoDB collection
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Please add projections to filter out the fields you don't need. Please refer the project link mongodb projections
Your find query should be constructed with the projection parameters like below:
db.teams.find({"employees.name":/.*o.*/}, {_id:0, "employees.name": 1});
This will return you:
[{"name":"john"},{"name":"oliver"}]
Can be solved with a simple aggregation pipeline.
db.teams.aggregate([
{$unwind : "$employees"},
{$match : {"employees.name":/.*o.*/}},
])
EDIT:
OP Wants to skip the parent fields. Modified query:
db.teams.aggregate([
{$unwind : "$employees"},
{$match : {"employees.name":/.*o.*/}},
{$project : {"name":"$employees.name",_id:0}}
])
Output:
{ "name" : "john" }
{ "name" : "oliver" }

Mongodb Update/Upsert array exact match

I have a collection :
gStats : {
"_id" : "id1",
"criteria" : ["key1":"value1", "key2":"value2"],
"groups" : [
{"id":"XXXX", "visited":100, "liked":200},
{"id":"YYYY", "visited":30, "liked":400}
]
}
I want to be able to update a document of the stats Array of a given array of criteria (exact match).
I try to do this on 2 steps :
Pull the stat document from the array of a given "id" :
db.gStats.update({
"criteria" : {$size : 2},
"criteria" : {$all : [{"key1" : "2096955"},{"value1" : "2015610"}]}
},
{
$pull : {groups : {"id" : "XXXX"}}
}
)
Push the new document
db.gStats.findAndModify({
query : {
"criteria" : {$size : 2},
"criteria" : {$all : [{"key1" : "2015610"}, {"key2" : "2096955"}]}
},
update : {
$push : {groups : {"id" : "XXXX", "visited" : 29, "liked" : 144}}
},
upsert : true
})
The Pull query works perfect.
The Push query gives an error :
2014-12-13T15:12:58.571+0100 findAndModifyFailed failed: {
"value" : null,
"errmsg" : "exception: Cannot create base during insert of update. Cause
d by :ConflictingUpdateOperators Cannot update 'criteria' and 'criteria' at the
same time",
"code" : 12,
"ok" : 0
} at src/mongo/shell/collection.js:614
Neither query is working in reality. You cannot use a key name like "criteria" more than once unless under an operator such and $and. You are also specifying different fields (i.e groups) and querying elements that do not exist in your sample document.
So hard to tell what you really want to do here. But the error is essentially caused by the first issue I mentioned, with a little something extra. So really your { "$size": 2 } condition is being ignored and only the second condition is applied.
A valid query form should look like this:
query: {
"$and": [
{ "criteria" : { "$size" : 2 } },
{ "criteria" : { "$all": [{ "key1": "2015610" }, { "key2": "2096955" }] } }
]
}
As each set of conditions is specified within the array provided by $and the document structure of the query is valid and does not have a hash-key name overwriting the other. That's the proper way to write your two conditions, but there is a trick to making this work where the "upsert" is failing due to those conditions not matching a document. We need to overwrite what is happening when it tries to apply the $all arguments on creation:
update: {
"$setOnInsert": {
"criteria" : [{ "key1": "2015610" }, { "key2": "2096955" }]
},
"$push": { "stats": { "id": "XXXX", "visited": 29, "liked": 144 } }
}
That uses $setOnInsert so that when the "upsert" is applied and a new document created the conditions specified here rather than using the field values set in the query portion of the statement are used instead.
Of course, if what you are really looking for is truly an exact match of the content in the array, then just use that for the query instead:
query: {
"criteria" : [{ "key1": "2015610" }, { "key2": "2096955" }]
}
Then MongoDB will be happy to apply those values when a new document is created and does not get confused on how to interpret the $all expression.

Get specific object in array of array in MongoDB

I need get a specific object in array of array in MongoDB.
I need get only the task object = [_id = ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2")].
My document (projects):
{
"_id" : ObjectId("543428c2cb38b1d83c3ff2bd"),
"name" : "new project",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b"),
"members" : [
ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b")
],
"US" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5434297fcb38b1d83c3ff2c0"),
"name" : "Test Story",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b"),
"tasks" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("54342987cb38b1d83c3ff2c1"),
"name" : "teste3",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b")
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2"),
"name" : "jklasdfa_XXX",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b")
}
]
}
]
}
Result expected:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2"),
"name" : "jklasdfa_XXX",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b")
}
But i not getting it.
I still testing with no success:
db.projects.find({
"US.tasks._id" : ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2")
}, { "US.tasks.$" : 1 })
I tryed with $elemMatch too, but return nothing.
db.projects.find({
"US" : {
"tasks" : {
$elemMatch : {
"_id" : ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2")
}
}
}
})
Can i get ONLY my result expected using find()? If not, what and how use?
Thanks!
You will need an aggregation for that:
db.projects.aggregate([{$unwind:"$US"},
{$unwind:"$US.tasks"},
{$match:{"US.tasks._id":ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2")}},
{$project:{_id:0,"task":"$US.tasks"}}])
should return
{ task : {
"_id" : ObjectId("543429a2cb38b1d83c3ff2c2"),
"name" : "jklasdfa_XXX",
"author" : ObjectId("5424ac37eb0ea85d4c921f8b")
}
Explanation:
$unwind creates a new (virtual) document for each array element
$match is the query part of your find
$project is similar as to project part in find i.e. it specifies the fields you want to get in the results
You might want to add a second $match before the $unwind if you know the document you are searching (look at performance metrics).
Edit: added a second $unwind since US is an array.
Don't know what you are doing (so realy can't tell and just sugesting) but you might want to examine if your schema (and mongodb) is ideal for your task because the document looks just like denormalized relational data probably a relational database would be better for you.

Yet another MongoDB findAndModify

Please consider the following document, a part of the Runtime collection:
{
"entity_id" : 10,
"features" : [
{
"10" : "Test System 2"
},
{
"20" : "System 2 Description"
},
{
"180" : ISODate("2013-12-25T18:19:40.589Z")
},
{
"190" : ISODate("2013-12-25T18:19:40.589Z")
}
],
"_id" : ObjectId("52bb21bc8a2ebdc01c000001")
}
My goal is to update the value of the element of the "features" array having the key "20".
Here are the things I've tried (in mongo shell):
db.Runtime.findAndModify({ "query" : {"_id": "52bb21bc8a2ebdc01c000001"}, "update" : {$set : {"features.$.20":"Updated Description"}}} );
db.Runtime.findAndModify({ "query" : {"_id": "52bb21bc8a2ebdc01c000001"}, "update" : {$set : {"features['20']":"Updated Description"}}} );
db.Runtime.findAndModify({ "query" : {"_id": "52bb21bc8a2ebdc01c000001"}, "update" : {$set : {"features[1]":"Updated Description"}}} );
In all instances the shell prints
null
and nothing happens to the data. So, the main question is, of course, what is wrong with my code snippets. Also, how that "null" is supposed to get interpreted? And is there such a thing as mongo shell's log where one could find any clues? Many thanks for your help!
When using the $ positional operator in an update, your query needs to include a term that matches the element of the array you're updating:
db.Runtime.findAndModify({
query: {_id: ObjectId("52bb21bc8a2ebdc01c000001"),
'features.20': {$exists: true}},
update: {$set: {"features.$.20":"Updated Description"}}
})
Note that you also need to call ObjectId on your _id string to turn it into an actual ObjectId or it won't match the doc.