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MongoDB: Too many positional (i.e. '$') elements found in path

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Major - P3
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • 2.6.0, 2.6.1
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      Run this query:

      db.post.update(

      { 'answers.comments.name': 'jeff' }

      ,
      { '$set': {
      'answers.$.comments.$.name': 'joe'
      }},

      { multi: true }

      )

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      Run this query: db.post.update( { 'answers.comments.name': 'jeff' } , { '$set': { 'answers.$.comments.$.name': 'joe' }}, { multi: true } )

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      I just upgraded to Mongo 2.6.1 and one update statement that was working before is not returning an error. The update statement is:

      db.post.update( { 'answers.comments.name': 'jeff' },
          { '$set': {
              'answers.$.comments.$.name': 'joe'
          }},
          { multi: true }
      )

      The error I get is:

      WriteResult({
          "nMatched" : 0,
          "nUpserted" : 0,
          "nModified" : 0,
          "writeError" : {
              "code" : 2,
              "errmsg" : "Too many positional (i.e. '$') elements found in path 'answers.$.comments.$.createUsername'"
          }
      })

      When I update an element just one level deep instead of two (i.e. answers.$.name instead of answers.$.comments.$.name), it works fine. If I downgrade my mongo instance below 2.6, it also works fine.

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              thomas.rueckstiess@mongodb.com Thomas Rueckstiess
              jeffwhelpley Jeff Whelpley
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