#db.u(..)

Updates documents in the database.

Similar to a MongoDB db.collection.update(), with some syntax restrictions

Syntax

#db.u(query, update)

Arguments

query

Selection filter for documents in the script owner's database. An empty query ( {} ) selects all documents.

Various MongoDB query operators can be used for conditional matching and other advanced querying functionality.

update

Can be either a document object (in which case all matches will be replaced by the new document), or an "update document" containing MongoDB update operators.

Update operators can be used to set new individual values, increment integer values atomically, pop and push to arrays, and more. For a comprehensive list, please see MongoDB's update operator documentation above.

Return Data

An object is returned upon updating documents with this function, providing extra details about whether it succeeded:

Key	Information
n	Number of documents matched in the query
nModified	Number of documents modified, after evaluating all update expressions
ok	If the operation succeeded, == 1
opTime	Object that contains a property 't' -- time of update operation in millieconds

Example

function(context, args) {
  /*
  where the database already contains documents:
  #db.i(
    {type:"my_data", my_key:"foo"},
    {type:"my_data", my_key:"bar"}
  )
  */
  #db.u({type:"my_data"}, { $set:{a_new_key:11} })

  return #db.f({type:"my_data"}).first() // {type:"my_data", my_key:"foo", a_new_key:11}
}