How to match multiple criteria inside an array with MongoDB?



To match multiple criteria inside an array, use aggregate(). Let us create a collection with documents −

> db.demo84.insertOne({ ...    "EmployeeDetails": [ ...       {Name: 'John', Salary:45000, isMarried: true}, ...       {Name: 'Chris', Salary:50000, isMarried: false} ...       ] ...    } ... ); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e2c0a3471bf0181ecc422a5") } > db.demo84.insertOne({ ...    "EmployeeDetails": [ ...       {Name: 'Sam', Salary:56000, isMarried: false}, ...       {Name: 'Bob', Salary:50000, isMarried: false} ...       ] ...    } ... ); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e2c0a4071bf0181ecc422a6") }

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo84.find();

This will produce the following output −

{    "_id" : ObjectId("5e2c0a3471bf0181ecc422a5"), "EmployeeDetails" : [       { "Name" : "John", "Salary" : 45000, "isMarried" : true },       { "Name" : "Chris", "Salary" : 50000, "isMarried" : false }    ] } {    "_id" : ObjectId("5e2c0a4071bf0181ecc422a6"), "EmployeeDetails" : [       { "Name" : "Sam", "Salary" : 56000, "isMarried" : false },       { "Name" : "Bob", "Salary" : 50000, "isMarried" : false }    ] }

Following is the query to match multiple criteria inside an array −

Example

> db.demo84.aggregate( ...    { "$match": { ...       "EmployeeDetails": { ...          "$elemMatch": { ...             "Name": "Chris", ...          "isMarried": false ...          } ...       } ...    }} ... );

This will produce the following output −

{    "_id" : ObjectId("5e2c0a3471bf0181ecc422a5"), "EmployeeDetails" : [       { "Name" : "John", "Salary" : 45000, "isMarried" : true },       { "Name" : "Chris", "Salary" : 50000, "isMarried" : false }    ] }
Updated on: 2020-03-30T08:36:36+05:30

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