// The positional operator allows an update modifier field path to contain a sentinel ('$') path // part that is replaced with the numeric position of an array element matched by the update's query // spec. // If no array element position from a query is available to substitute for the positional operator // setinel ('$'), the update fails with an error. SERVER-6669 SERVER-4713 t = db.jstests_updatel; t.drop(); // The collection is empty, forcing an upsert. In this case the query has no array position match // to substiture for the positional operator. SERVER-4713 t.update( {}, { $set:{ 'a.$.b':1 } }, true ); assert( db.getLastError(), "An error is reported." ); assert.eq( 0, t.count(), "No upsert occurred." ); // Save a document to the collection so it is no longer empty. t.save( { _id:0 } ); // Now, with an existing document, trigger an update rather than an upsert. The query has no array // position match to substiture for the positional operator. SERVER-6669 t.update( {}, { $set:{ 'a.$.b':1 } } ); assert( db.getLastError(), "An error is reported." ); assert.eq( [ { _id:0 } ], t.find().toArray(), "No update occurred." ); // Now, try with an update by _id (without a query array match). t.update( { _id:0 }, { $set:{ 'a.$.b':1 } } ); assert( db.getLastError(), "An error is reported." ); assert.eq( [ { _id:0 } ], t.find().toArray(), "No update occurred." ); // Seed the collection with a document suitable for the following check. t.remove(); t.save( { _id:0, a:[ { b:{ c:1 } } ] } ); // Now, attempt to apply an update with two nested positional operators. There is a positional // query match for the first positional operator but not the second. Note that dollar sign // substitution for multiple positional opertors is not implemented (SERVER-831). t.update( { 'a.b.c':1 }, { $set:{ 'a.$.b.$.c':2 } } ); assert( db.getLastError(), "An error is reported" ); assert.eq( [ { _id:0, a:[ { b:{ c:1 } } ] } ], t.find().toArray(), "No update occurred." );