Update array object based on id?

Question

I\'m having a bit of a mongo issue. I was wondering if there was a way to do the following in a mongo console command rather then multiple find and update

Answer 1

You can use the $ positional operator to do this:

db.soup.update(
    {_id: ObjectId("50b429ba0e27b508d854483e"), 'array.id': '2'}, 
    {$set: {'array.$.letter': 'c'}})

The $ in the update object acts as a placeholder for the first element of array to match the query selector.

Answer 2

Here you go:

> db.collection.insert( { array : [ { id : 1, letter : 'a' }, { id : 2, letter : 'b' } ], tester : 'tom' } );
> db.collection.findOne();
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("50b431a69a0358d590a2f5f0"),
    "array" : [
        {
            "id" : 1,
            "letter" : "a"
        },
        {
            "id" : 2,
            "letter" : "b"
        }
    ],
    "tester" : "tom"
}
> db.collection.update( { tester : 'tom' }, { $set : { 'array.1' : { id : 2, letter : 'c' } } }, false, true );
> db.collection.findOne();
{
    "_id" : ObjectId("50b431a69a0358d590a2f5f0"),
    "array" : [
        {
            "id" : 1,
            "letter" : "a"
        },
        {
            "id" : 2,
            "letter" : "c"
        }
    ],
    "tester" : "tom"
}

The trick lies in the false, true, false. That is: true for upsert, false for update multiple.

For more details check out: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Updating#Updating-update%28%29