"users_voted" : [
{
"user_id" : "AQG8ECLdBRJ4jwPMG",
"score" : "down"
}
]
Wondering how I would go about updating the users_voted field which is an array objects. I need to have a specific object updated. I know the index at which this object is located, I simply need to figure out how I can update that object in a MongoDB / Meteor collection.
This is some pseudo-code that I have to better explain what I mean.
Posts.update({_id: post_id}, {$set: {vote_score[index]: u_object}});
So in this query I know index and post_id as well as u_object is the object that I am trying to put into the array in place of whatever object that was there at that index. If someone could help let me know how I should go about this, it would be great.
You can't use variables as keys in an object literal. Give this a try:
var obj = {};
obj["users_voted." + index] = u_object;
Posts.update({_id: post_id}, {$set: obj});
Related
I would like to preface this with saying that english is not my mother tongue, if any of my explanations are vague or don't make sense, please let me know and I will attempt to make them clearer.
I have a document containing some nested data. Currently product and customer are arrays, I would prefer to have them as straight up ObjectIDs.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5bab713622c97440f287f2bf"),
"created_at" : ISODate("2018-09-26T13:44:54.431Z"),
"prod_line" : ObjectId("5b878e4c22c9745f1090de66"),
"entries" : [
{
"order_number" : "123",
"product" : [
ObjectId("5ba8a0e822c974290b2ea18d")
],
"customer" : [
ObjectId("5b86a20922c9745f1a6408d4")
],
"quantity" : "14"
},
{
"order_number" : "456",
"product" : [
ObjectId("5b878ed322c9745f1090de6c")
],
"customer" : [
ObjectId("5b86a20922c9745f1a6408d5")
],
"quantity" : "12"
}
]
}
I tried using the following query to update it, however that proved unsuccessful as Mongo didn't behave quite as I had expected.
db.Document.find().forEach(function(doc){
doc.entries.forEach(function(entry){
var entry_id = entry.product[0]
db.Document.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set:{'product': entry_id}});
print(entry_id)
})
})
With this query it sets product in the root of the object, not quite what I had hoped for. What I was hoping to do was to iterate through entries and change each individual product and customer to be only their ObjectId and not an array. Is it possible to do this via the mongo shell or do I have to look for another way to accomplish this? Thanks!
In order to accomplish your specified behavior, you just need to modify your query structure a bit. Take a look here for the specific MongoDB documentation on how to accomplish this. I will also propose an update to your code below:
db.Document.find().forEach(function(doc) {
doc.entries.forEach(function(entry, index) {
var productElementKey = 'entries.' + index + '.product';
var productSetObject = {};
productSetObject[productElementKey] = entry.product[0];
db.Document.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set: productSetObject});
print(entry_id)
})
})
The problem that you were having is that you were not updating the specific element within the entries array, but rather adding a new key to the top-level of the document named product. Generally, in order to set the value of an inner document within an array, you need to specify the array key first (entries in this case) and the inner document key second (product in this case). Since you are trying to set specific elements within the entries array, you need to also specify the index in your query object, I have specified above.
In order to update the customer key in the inner documents, simply switch out the product for customer in my above code.
You're trying to add a property 'product' directly into your document with this line
db.Document.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set:{'product': entry_id}});
Try to modify all your entries first, then update your document with this new array of entries.
db.Document.find().forEach(function(doc){
let updatedEntries = [];
doc.entries.forEach(function(entry){
let newEntry = {};
newEntry["order_number"] = entry.order_number;
newEntry["product"] = entry.product[0];
newEntry["customer"] = entry.customer[0];
newEntry["quantity"] = entry.quantity;
updatedEntries.push(newEntry);
})
db.Document.update({_id: doc._id}, {$set:{'entries': updatedEntries}});
})
You'll need to enumerate all the documents and then update the documents one and a time with the value store in the first item of the array for product and customer from each entry:
db.documents.find().snapshot().forEach(function (elem) {
elem.entries.forEach(function(entry){
db.documents.update({
_id: elem._id,
"entries.order_number": entry.order_number
}, {
$set: {
"entries.$.product" : entry.product[0],
"entries.$.customer" : entry.customer[0]
}
}
);
});
});
Instead of doing 2 updates each time you could possibly use the filtered positional operator to do all updates to all arrays items within one update query.
I have a array list from another example but this don’t work for me, maybe is because i need use ObjectId()’ but i don’t know how i will can parse this array, too i don’t know if is possibly get only once param (username) and not the full array?
the code is this:
var list = ["5883d387971bb840b7399130","5883d389971bb840b7399131","5883d38a971bb840b7399132"]
.find({ _id: {$in : list}},{username:1})
can you help and say me how i need create the query ? 🙏🏻 thanks.
You query is correct except you need to wrap your ids inside ObjectId using map.
var ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID
var list = ["5883d387971bb840b7399130","5883d389971bb840b7399131","5883d38a971bb840b7399132"]
db.collectionName('newCollection').find({ _id: {$in : list.map( (id) => ObjectId(id))}}, {userName:1, _id:0})
What's a good way to store a set of documents in MongoDB where order is important? I need to easily insert documents at an arbitrary position and possibly reorder them later.
I could assign each item an increasing number and sort by that, or I could sort by _id, but I don't know how I could then insert another document in between other documents. Say I want to insert something between an element with a sequence of 5 and an element with a sequence of 6?
My first guess would be to increment the sequence of all of the following elements so that there would be space for the new element using a query something like db.items.update({"sequence":{$gte:6}}, {$inc:{"sequence":1}}). My limited understanding of Database Administration tells me that a query like that would be slow and generally a bad idea, but I'm happy to be corrected.
I guess I could set the new element's sequence to 5.5, but I think that would get messy rather quickly. (Again, correct me if I'm wrong.)
I could use a capped collection, which has a guaranteed order, but then I'd run into issues if I needed to grow the collection. (Yet again, I might be wrong about that one too.)
I could have each document contain a reference to the next document, but that would require a query for each item in the list. (You'd get an item, push it onto the results array, and get another item based on the next field of the current item.) Aside from the obvious performance issues, I would also not be able to pass a sorted mongo cursor to my {#each} spacebars block expression and let it live update as the database changed. (I'm using the Meteor full-stack javascript framework.)
I know that everything has it's advantages and disadvantages, and I might just have to use one of the options listed above, but I'd like to know if there is a better way to do things.
Based on your requirement, one of the approaches could be to design your schema, in such a way that each document has the capability to hold more than one document and in itself act as a capped container.
{
"_id":Number,
"doc":Array
}
Each document in the collection will act as a capped container, and the documents will be stored as array in the doc field. The doc field being an array, will maintain the order of insertion.
You can limit the number of documents to n. So the _id field of each container document will be incremental by n, indicating the number of documents a container document can hold.
By doing these you avoid adding extra fields to the document, extra indices, unnecessary sorts.
Inserting the very first record
i.e when the collection is empty.
var record = {"name" : "first"};
db.col.insert({"_id":0,"doc":[record]});
Inserting subsequent records
Identify the last container document's _id, and the number of
documents it holds.
If the number of documents it holds is less than n, then update the
container document with the new document, else create a new container
document.
Say, that each container document can hold 5 documents at most,and we want to insert a new document.
var record = {"name" : "newlyAdded"};
// using aggregation, get the _id of the last inserted container, and the
// number of record it currently holds.
db.col.aggregate( [ {
$group : {
"_id" : null,
"max" : {
$max : "$_id"
},
"lastDocSize" : {
$last : "$doc"
}
}
}, {
$project : {
"currentMaxId" : "$max",
"capSize" : {
$size : "$lastDocSize"
},
"_id" : 0
}
// once obtained, check if you need to update the last container or
// create a new container and insert the document in it.
} ]).forEach( function(check) {
if (check.capSize < 5) {
print("updating");
// UPDATE
db.col.update( {
"_id" : check.currentMaxId
}, {
$push : {
"doc" : record
}
});
} else {
print("inserting");
//insert
db.col.insert( {
"_id" : check.currentMaxId + 5,
"doc" : [ record ]
});
}
})
Note that the aggregation, runs on the server side and is very efficient, also note that the aggregation would return you a document rather than a cursor in versions previous to 2.6. So you would need to modify the above code to just select from a single document rather than iterating a cursor.
Inserting a new document in between documents
Now, if you would like to insert a new document between documents 1 and 2, we know that the document should fall inside the container with _id=0 and should be placed in the second position in the doc array of that container.
so, we make use of the $each and $position operators for inserting into specific positions.
var record = {"name" : "insertInMiddle"};
db.col.update(
{
"_id" : 0
}, {
$push : {
"doc" : {
$each : [record],
$position : 1
}
}
}
);
Handling Over Flow
Now, we need to take care of documents overflowing in each container, say we insert a new document in between, in container with _id=0. If the container already has 5 documents, we need to move the last document to the next container and do so till all the containers hold documents within their capacity, if required at last we need to create a container to hold the overflowing documents.
This complex operation should be done on the server side. To handle this, we can create a script such as the one below and register it with mongodb.
db.system.js.save( {
"_id" : "handleOverFlow",
"value" : function handleOverFlow(id) {
var currDocArr = db.col.find( {
"_id" : id
})[0].doc;
print(currDocArr);
var count = currDocArr.length;
var nextColId = id + 5;
// check if the collection size has exceeded
if (count <= 5)
return;
else {
// need to take the last doc and push it to the next capped
// container's array
print("updating collection: " + id);
var record = currDocArr.splice(currDocArr.length - 1, 1);
// update the next collection
db.col.update( {
"_id" : nextColId
}, {
$push : {
"doc" : {
$each : record,
$position : 0
}
}
});
// remove from original collection
db.col.update( {
"_id" : id
}, {
"doc" : currDocArr
});
// check overflow for the subsequent containers, recursively.
handleOverFlow(nextColId);
}
}
So that after every insertion in between , we can invoke this function by passing the container id, handleOverFlow(containerId).
Fetching all the records in order
Just use the $unwind operator in the aggregate pipeline.
db.col.aggregate([{$unwind:"$doc"},{$project:{"_id":0,"doc":1}}]);
Re-Ordering Documents
You can store each document in a capped container with an "_id" field:
.."doc":[{"_id":0,","name":"xyz",...}..]..
Get hold of the "doc" array of the capped container of which you want
to reorder items.
var docArray = db.col.find({"_id":0})[0];
Update their ids so that after sorting the order of the item will change.
Sort the array based on their _ids.
docArray.sort( function(a, b) {
return a._id - b._id;
});
update the capped container back, with the new doc array.
But then again, everything boils down to which approach is feasible and suits your requirement best.
Coming to your questions:
What's a good way to store a set of documents in MongoDB where order is important?I need to easily insert documents at an arbitrary
position and possibly reorder them later.
Documents as Arrays.
Say I want to insert something between an element with a sequence of 5 and an element with a sequence of 6?
use the $each and $position operators in the db.collection.update() function as depicted in my answer.
My limited understanding of Database Administration tells me that a
query like that would be slow and generally a bad idea, but I'm happy
to be corrected.
Yes. It would impact the performance, unless the collection has very less data.
I could use a capped collection, which has a guaranteed order, but then I'd run into issues if I needed to grow the collection. (Yet
again, I might be wrong about that one too.)
Yes. With Capped Collections, you may lose data.
An _id field in MongoDB is a unique, indexed key similar to a primary key in relational databases. If there is an inherent order in your documents, ideally you should be able to associate a unique key to each document, with the key value reflecting the order. So while preparing your document for insertion, explicitly add an _id field as this key (if you do not, mongo creates it automatically with a BSON objectid).
As far as retrieving the results are concerned, MongoDB does not guarantee the order of return documents unless you explicitly use .sort() . If you do not use .sort(), the results are usually returned in natural order (order of insertion).Again, there is no guarantee on this behavior.
I'd advise you to override _id with your order while inserting, and use a sort while retrieving. Since _id is a necessary and auto-indexed entity, you will not be wasting any space defining a sort key, and storing the index for it.
For abitrary sorting of any collection, you'll need a field to sort it on. I call mine "sequence".
schema:
{
_id: ObjectID,
sequence: Number,
...
}
db.items.ensureIndex({sequence:1});
db.items.find().sort({sequence:1})
Here is a link to some general sorting database answers that may be relevant:
https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/195308/storing-a-re-orderable-list-in-a-database/369754
I suggest going with Floating point solution - adding a position column:
Use a floating-point number for the position column.
You can then reorder the list changing only the position column in the "moved" row.
If your user wants to position "red" after "blue" but before "yellow" Then you just need to calculate
red.position = ((yellow.position - blue.position) / 2) + blue.position
After a few re-positions in the same place (Cuttin in half every time) - you might reach a wall - it's better that if you reach a certain threshold - to resort the list.
When retrieving it you can simply say col.sort() to get it sorted and no need for any client-side code (Like in the case of a Linked list solution)
I'm having trouble updating a schema with a nested array to have one objectID in multiple rows of the array. Please help if you can!
My Schema looks like this:
var ProblemSchema = new Schema({
data : "etc..."
array1 : [{
_id : { type: 'String' },
array2: [{ type: Schema.Types.ObjectId}]
}]}
I can easily add an objectId to a SINGLE nested array using the $ operator in the update object like so:
var query = {array1._id : ID};
var update = {$push : {'array1.$.array2' : objectId}};
Problem.update(query, update)
I want to be able to, however, add the same objectId to MULTIPLE array2s (i.e. corresponding to different array1 ids) in one query, but the $ operator only matches to the first match to the query so I can't do it the way outlined above.
I'm also trying to avoid having a for loop on the server (I realize I could find() the correct document then use a for loop in which I manually push() the objectID to the correct array2s but the solution involves large overhead), can anyone think of a solution?
As of MongoDB 2.6, there's no way to do this with with a single update query. The $ positional operator is a placeholder for the first matching element in an array. There's a MongoDB feature request for updating all matching elements of an array, SERVER-1243, that you can track in the meantime.
I need to update multiple records in mongodb.
From frontend logic , i got the array of id's as below.
ids: [ [ '530ac94c9ff87b5215a0d6e6', '530ac89a7345edc214618b25' ] ]
I have an array of ids as above , i need to update the folder field for all the records in that array.
I tried passing the id's to mongodb query as below , but still that doesn't work.
Post.native(function(err, collection) {
collection.update({
_id : {
"$in" : ids
}
}, { folder : 'X'}, {
multi : true
}, function(err, result) {
console.log(result);
});
});
Please help.
There seem to be two possible problems.
1) your ids array is not an array of ids, it's an array which has a single element which is itself an array, which has two elements. An array of ids would be `[ 'idvalue1', 'idvalue2']
2) your id values inside of arrays are strings - is that how you are storing your "_id" values? If they are ObjectId() type then they are not a string but a type ObjectId("stringhere") which is not the same type and won't be equal to "stringhere".
There is no reason to use the native method in this case. Just do:
Post.update({id : ids}, {folder : 'X'}).exec(console.log);
Waterline automatically does an "in" query when you set a criteria property to an array, and Sails-Mongo automatically translates "id" to "_id" and handles ObjectId translation for you.
Those strings look like the string representation of mongod ObjectIds, so probably what you want to do is turn them into ObjectIds before querying. Assuming you've corrected your problem with the extra level of nesting in the array, that is:
ids = ['530ac94c9ff87b5215a0d6e6', '530ac89a7345edc214618b25']
Then you want to do something like this:
oids = []
for (var i in ids)
oids.push(ObjectId(ids[i]))
db.c.find({_id: {$in: oids}})
Does that fix your problem?