MongoDB Element Query Operator - $exists
Description
In this page we are going to discuss the usage of $exists operator. The $exists operator is used to allow the user to retrieve documents from a collection either a specific field is exists or not into those documents.
Insert the following document into the collection 'testtable':
>db.testtable.insert({"user_id":"user5","password":"user5", "sex":"Male","age":21, "date_of_join":"17/08/2011", "education":"MCA", "profession":"S.W. Engineer","interest":"SPORTS","extra":{"community_name" :["ATHELATIC", "GAMES FAN GYES","FAVOURIT GAMES"]}});
Our database name is 'myinfo' and our collection name is 'testtable'. Here, is the collection bellow.
Sample collection "testtable"
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e630fe5e6467e58ae7b"),
"user_id" : "user1",
"password" : "1a2b3c",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 17,
"date_of_join" : "16/10/2010",
"education" : "M.C.A.",
"profession" : "CONSULTANT",
"interest" : "MUSIC",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN MUSIC",
"CLASSICAL MUSIC",
"WESTERN MUSIC"
],
"community_moder_id" : [
"MR. Alex",
"MR. Dang",
"MR Haris"
],
"community_members" : [
700,
200,
1500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"kumar",
"harry",
"anand"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"Amir",
"Raja",
"mont"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e720fe5e6467e58ae7c"),
"user_id" : "user2",
"password" : "11aa1a",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 24,
"date_of_join" : "17/10/2009",
"education" : "M.B.A.",
"profession" : "MARKETING",
"interest" : " MUSIC",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN MUSIC",
"CLASSICAL MUSIC",
"WESTERN MUSIC"
],
"co mmunity_moder_id" : [
"MR. Roy",
"MR. Das",
"MR Doglus"
],
"community_members" : [
500,
300,
1400
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"pal",
"viki",
"john"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"jalan",
"mono j",
"evan"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e7e0fe5e6467e58ae7d"),
"user_id" : "user3",
"password" : "b1c1d1",
"sex" : "Female",
"age" : 19,
"date_of_join" : "16/10/2010",
"education" : "M.C.A.",
"profession" : "IT COR.",
"interest" : "AR T",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN ART",
"CLASSICAL ART",
"WESTERN ART"
],
"community_mo der_id" : [
"MR. Rifel",
"MR. Sarma",
"MR Bhatia"
],
"community_members" : [
5000,
2000,
1500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"philip",
"anant",
"alan"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"Amir",
"Raja",
"mont"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e910fe5e6467e58ae7e"),
"user_id" : "user4",
"password" : "abczyx",
"sex" : "Female",
"age" : 22,
"date_of_join" : "17/8/2009",
"education" : "M.B.B.S.",
"profession" : "DOCTOR",
"interest" : "SPORTS",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"ATHELATIC",
"GAMES FAN GYES",
"FAVOURIT GAMES"
],
"community_moder_id" : [
"MR. Paul",
"MR. Das",
"MR Doglus"
],
"community_members" : [
2500,
2200,
3500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"vinod",
"viki",
"john"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"jalan",
"monoj",
"evan"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4f8a0fe5e6467e58ae7f"),
"user_id" : "user5",
"password" : "user5",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 21,
"date_of_join" : "17/08/2011",
"education" : "MCA",
"profession" : "S.W. Engineer",
"interest" : "SPORTS",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"ATHELATIC",
"GAMES FAN GYES",
"FAVOURIT GAMES"
]
}
}
Document written in command prompt
MongoDB $exists operator with 'true' keyword
If we want to fetch documents from the collection "testtable" where the field "community_members" is exists, the following mongodb command can be used :
>db.testtable.find({"extra.community_members" : { $exists : true } } ).pretty();
N.B. find() method displays the documents in a non structured format but to display the results in a formatted way, the pretty() method can be used.
Output of the command:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e630fe5e6467e58ae7b"),
"user_id" : "user1",
"password" : "1a2b3c",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 17,
"date_of_join" : "16/10/2010",
"education" : "M.C.A.",
"profession" : "CONSULTANT",
"interest" : "MUSIC",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN MUSIC",
"CLASSICAL MUSIC",
"WESTERN MUSIC"
],
"community_moder_id" : [
"MR. Alex",
"MR. Dang",
"MR Haris"
],
"community_members" : [
700,
200,
1500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"kumar",
"harry",
"anand"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"Amir",
"Raja",
"mont"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e720fe5e6467e58ae7c"),
"user_id" : "user2",
"password" : "11aa1a",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 24,
"date_of_join" : "17/10/2009",
"education" : "M.B.A.",
"profession" : "MARKETING",
"interest" : " MUSIC",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN MUSIC",
"CLASSICAL MUSIC",
"WESTERN MUSIC"
],
"co mmunity_moder_id" : [
"MR. Roy",
"MR. Das",
"MR Doglus"
],
"community_members" : [
500,
300,
1400
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"pal",
"viki",
"john"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"jalan",
"mono j",
"evan"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e7e0fe5e6467e58ae7d"),
"user_id" : "user3",
"password" : "b1c1d1",
"sex" : "Female",
"age" : 19,
"date_of_join" : "16/10/2010",
"education" : "M.C.A.",
"profession" : "IT COR.",
"interest" : "AR T",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"MODERN ART",
"CLASSICAL ART",
"WESTERN ART"
],
"community_mo der_id" : [
"MR. Rifel",
"MR. Sarma",
"MR Bhatia"
],
"community_members" : [
5000,
2000,
1500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"philip",
"anant",
"alan"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"Amir",
"Raja",
"mont"
]
}
}
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4e910fe5e6467e58ae7e"),
"user_id" : "user4",
"password" : "abczyx",
"sex" : "Female",
"age" : 22,
"date_of_join" : "17/8/2009",
"education" : "M.B.B.S.",
"profession" : "DOCTOR",
"interest" : "SPORTS",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"ATHELATIC",
"GAMES FAN GYES",
"FAVOURIT GAMES"
],
"community_moder_id" : [
"MR. Paul",
"MR. Das",
"MR Doglus"
],
"community_members" : [
2500,
2200,
3500
],
"friends" : {
"valued_friends_id" : [
"vinod",
"viki",
"john"
],
"ban_friends_id" : [
"jalan",
"monoj",
"evan"
]
}
}
}
Document written in command prompt
The above output shows, documents appears from the collection containing the field "community_members" in each document, because the 'true' keyword along with $exists operator have used.
MongoDB $exists operator with 'false' keyword
If we want to fetch documents from the collection "testtable" where the field "community_members" does not exists, the following mongodb command can be used :
>db.testtable.find({"extra.community_members" : { $exists : false } } ).pretty();
N.B. find() method displays the documents in a non structured format but to display the results in a formatted way, the pretty() method can be used.
Output of the command:
{
"_id" : ObjectId("528f4f8a0fe5e6467e58ae7f"),
"user_id" : "user5",
"password" : "user5",
"sex" : "Male",
"age" : 21,
"date_of_join" : "17/08/2011",
"education" : "MCA",
"profession" : "S.W. Engineer",
"interest" : "SPORTS",
"extra" : {
"community_name" : [
"ATHELATIC",
"GAMES FAN GYES",
"FAVOURIT GAMES"
]
}
}
Document written in command prompt
The above output shows, documents appears from the collection not to be containing the field "community_members" in each document, because the 'false' keyword along with $exists operator have used.
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