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drhanlau
drhanlau

Reputation: 2527

MongoDB match a subdocument inside array (not positional reference)

My MongoDB has a key-value pair structure, inside my document has a data field which is an array that contains many subdocuments of two fields: name and value.

How do I search for a subdocument e.g ( {"name":"position", "value":"manager"}) and also multiple (e.g. {"name":"age", "value" : {$ge: 30}})

EDIT: I am not looking for a specific subdocument as I mentioned in title (not positional reference), rather, I want to retrieve the entire document but I need it to match the two subdocuments exactly.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 413

Answers (1)

Dan Green-Leipciger
Dan Green-Leipciger

Reputation: 3932

Here are 2 queries to find the following record:

{ 
    "_id" : ObjectId("sometobjectID"), 
    "data" : [
        {
            "name" : "position", 
            "value" : "manager"
        }
    ]
}

// Both value and name (in the same record):
db.demo.find({$elemMatch: {"value": "manager", "name":"position"}})


// Both value and name (not necessarily in the same record):
db.demo.find({"data.value": "manager", "data.name":"position"})


// Just value:    
db.demo.find({"data.value": "manager"})

Note how the . is used, this works for all subdocuments, even if they are in an array.

You can use any operator you like here, including $gte

edit

$elemMatch added to answer because of @Veeram's response

This answer explains the difference between $elemMatch and .

Upvotes: 1

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