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Learn MongoDB 4.x

You're reading from   Learn MongoDB 4.x A guide to understanding MongoDB development and administration for NoSQL developers

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789619386
Length 610 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Essentials
2. Introducing MongoDB 4.x FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting Up MongoDB 4.x 4. Essential MongoDB Administration Techniques 5. Section 2: Building a Database-Driven Web Application
6. Fundamentals of Database Design 7. Mission-Critical MongoDB Database Tasks 8. Using AJAX and REST to Build a Database-Driven Website 9. Section 3: Digging Deeper
10. Advanced MongoDB Database Design 11. Using Documents with Embedded Lists and Objects 12. Handling Complex Queries in MongoDB 13. Section 4: Replication, Sharding, and Security in a Financial Environment
14. Working with Complex Documents Across Collections 15. Administering MongoDB Security 16. Developing in a Secured Environment 17. Deploying a Replica Set 18. Replica Set Runtime Management and Development 19. Deploying a Sharded Cluster 20. Sharded Cluster Management and Development 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Updating customer contact information

The simplest—and probably most common—type of update would be to update contact information. First, it's extremely important to test your update filter by using it in a db.collection.find() command. The reason why we use db.collection.find() instead of db.collection.findOne() is because you need to ensure that your update only affects the one customer! Thus, if we wish to change the email address and phone number for a fictitious customer named Ola Mann, we start with this command:

db.customers.findOne({ "email" : "omann137@Chunghwa.com" });

Now that we have verified the existing customer email is correct and that our filter only affects one document, we are prepared to issue the update, as follows:

db.customers.updateOne(
{"email" : "omann137@Chunghwa.com"},
{ $set: {
"email" : "ola.mann22@somenet.com",
"phoneNumber" : "+94-111-222-3333...
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