Mongodb - Pull Multiple Objects from an Array
Hi I'm Trying to Remove Multiple Objects from an Array That Looks Like This. { "_Id": Objectid("5A7Da1Bda21D5F3E8Cf005B3"), "Owner": "1", "Group_Name": "Paascu...
Hi I'm trying to remove multiple objects from an array that looks like this.
{
"_id" : ObjectId("5a7da1bda21d5f3e8cf005b3"),
"owner" : "1",
"group_name" : "PAASCU Board",
"group_members" : [
{
"faculty_name" : "Cheska Dela Rosa",
"faculty_number" : 2,
"_id" : ObjectId("5a7da1bda21d5f3e8cf005b5")
},
{
"faculty_name" : "Earl Sempio",
"faculty_number" : 7323,
"_id" : ObjectId("5a7da1bda21d5f3e8cf005b4")
},
{
"faculty_number" : 203,
"faculty_name" : "Sample",
"_id" : ObjectId("5a7dbf7952bd150a94d83958")
},
{
"faculty_number" : 8025,
"faculty_name" : "Sample Postman",
"_id" : ObjectId("5a7dc64a1cf5dd3d50167d53")
}
],
"__v" : 0 }
It works when I remove a single object using the $pull with this code.
db.getCollection('groups').update({_id: ObjectId("5a7da1bda21d5f3e8cf005b3")}, {$pull: {"group_members": {"faculty_number":8025}}})
But what if I want to remove multiple objects with different faculty_number? I tried using the $each method just like how I add multiple objects in the array but it doesn't work well.
1 Answer
Use $in operator to pass the list of faculty values to remove documents from embedded array. More here
Try
db.groups.update(
{"_id": ObjectId("5a7da1bda21d5f3e8cf005b3")},
{"$pull":{"group_members":{"faculty_number":{$in:[8025,7323]}}}}
)
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