CODEWITHSUNDEEP
mongodbvariables
RCN
RCN

Reputation: 671

Update Mongo variable value with variable itself

I am not at all familiar with javascript and was hoping I could receive some help with a mongo update of a variable.

I have looked at the following question : Pass variables into mongo updates?

but was confused a bit with the looping and the syntax.

I have a field called "name": "MyName" I am looking for a way to get the following results using a mongo shell command: "name": "MyName Is" with a query as well

How would I do that? Is this a completely incorrect approach? 

db.collection.update({"old_id":{$regex:".*_change.*"}}, {$set:{"name":"name" + " Is"}}, {multi:true})

Thanks!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2221

Answers (1)

heinob
heinob

Reputation: 19474

The simple answer is: You cannot! You cannot update a field using another field. So you cannot update a field using itself. See also here.

BTW:

This

 $set:{"name":"name" + " Is"}

will set the name property to "name Is".

Upvotes: 2

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