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How can i fix this mongodb error?: MongoError: The dollar ($) prefixed field '$cond' in 'energy.$cond' is not valid for storage

I get this error when i try to use the following code for mongoDB:

var updateDoc = {
    $set: { 
        energy: { 
            $cond: { 
                if: { $gt: [ { $add: [ "$energy", 20 ] }, 100 ] }, 
                then: 100, 
                else: { $add: [ "$energy", 20 ] } 
            } 
        } 
    }
  }

How can i fix this problem?

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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$cond is a aggregation operator, update can't allow that operator in this simple query,

Look at the update with aggregation pipeline starting from MongoDB v4.2,

You just need to wrap updateDoc object in to array,

var updateDoc = [
  {
    $set: {
      energy: {
        $cond: {
          if: { $gt: [{ $add: ["$energy", 20] }, 100] },
          then: 100,
          else: { $add: ["$energy", 20] }
        }
      }
    }
  }
]

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over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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