{
“_id” : ObjectId(“4c1a5a948ead0e4d09010000”),
“authors” : [
{
“user_id” : null,
“slug” : “joe-somebody”,
“display_name” : “Joe Somebody”,
“display_title” : “Contributing Writer”,
“display_company_name” : null,
“email” : null,
“phone” : null,
“fax” : null,
“address” : null,
“address2” : null,
“city” : null,
“state” : null,
“zip” : null,
“country” : null,
“image” : null,
“url” : null,
“blurb” : null
},
{
“user_id” : null,
“slug” : “jane-somebody”,
“display_name” : “Jane Somebody”,
“display_title” : “Editor”,
“display_company_name” : null,
“email” : null,
“phone” : null,
“fax” : null,
“address” : null,
“address2” : null,
“city” : null,
“state” : null,
“zip” : null,
“country” : null,
“image” : null,
“url” : null,
“blurb” : null
},
],
“tags” : [
“tag1”,
“tag2”,
“tag3”
],
“title” : “Title of the Article”
}
I can find every article that this author has created by running the following command:
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db.content.find({authors: {$elemMatch: {slug: ‘joe-somebody’}}});
So theoretically I should be able to update the author's record for the slug joe-somebody but notjane-somebody (the 2nd author), I am just unsure exactly how you reach in and update every record for that author.
I thought I was on the right track, and here’s what I’ve tried.
“_id” : ObjectId(“4c1a5a948ead0e4d09010000”),
“authors” : [
{
“user_id” : null,
“slug” : “joe-somebody”,
“display_name” : “Joe Somebody”,
“display_title” : “Contributing Writer”,
“display_company_name” : null,
“email” : null,
“phone” : null,
“fax” : null,
“address” : null,
“address2” : null,
“city” : null,
“state” : null,
“zip” : null,
“country” : null,
“image” : null,
“url” : null,
“blurb” : null
},
{
“user_id” : null,
“slug” : “jane-somebody”,
“display_name” : “Jane Somebody”,
“display_title” : “Editor”,
“display_company_name” : null,
“email” : null,
“phone” : null,
“fax” : null,
“address” : null,
“address2” : null,
“city” : null,
“state” : null,
“zip” : null,
“country” : null,
“image” : null,
“url” : null,
“blurb” : null
},
],
“tags” : [
“tag1”,
“tag2”,
“tag3”
],
“title” : “Title of the Article”
}
Solution:
This is what finally worked for me!
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db.content.update({‘authors.slug’:’joe-somebody’},{$set:{‘authors.$.address’:’Address That I wanted’}},false,true);
It updates all the records properly, thanks!
Maybe you can use the $ operator (positional-operator) in MongoDB?
