How to find a particular sub-document in mongodb?

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by dana , in category: MySQL , a month ago

How to find a particular sub-document in mongodb?

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by tressie.damore , a month ago

@dana 

To find a particular sub-document in MongoDB, you can use the dot notation to access nested fields. Here is a general approach to finding a sub-document in MongoDB using the findOne() method:

  1. Connect to your MongoDB database using a MongoDB client or command line tool.
  2. Use the findOne() method to find the document that contains the sub-document you're looking for. For example, if you have a collection called products and each document contains a sub-document called details, you can search for a specific details sub-document like this:
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db.products.findOne({ "details.color": "red" })


This query will return the first document in the products collection where the color in the details sub-document is "red".

  1. You can also use the dot notation to further narrow down your search within the sub-document. For example, if the details sub-document also contains a field called size, you can search for a specific details.size value like this:
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db.products.findOne({ "details.color": "red", "details.size": "large" })


This query will return the first document in the products collection where the color in the details sub-document is "red" and the size is "large".


By using the dot notation and the MongoDB query operators, you can easily find a particular sub-document in MongoDB.