$gte¶

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Definition¶

$gte¶

Syntax: { field: { $gte: value } }

$gte selects the documents where the value of the field is greater than or equal to (i.e. >=) a specified value (e.g. value.)

For most data types, comparison operators only perform comparisons on fields where the BSON type matches the query value’s type. MongoDB supports limited cross-BSON comparison through Type Bracketing.

Examples¶

The following examples use the inventory collection. Create the collection:

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db.inventory.insertMany( [
   {
      "item": "nuts", "quantity": 30,
      "carrier": { "name": "Shipit", "fee": 3 }
   },
   {
      "item": "bolts", "quantity": 50,
      "carrier": { "name": "Shipit", "fee": 4 }
   },
   {
      "item": "washers", "quantity": 10,
      "carrier": { "name": "Shipit", "fee": 1 }
   }
] )

Match Document Fields¶

Select all documents in the inventory collection where quantity is greater than or equal to 20:

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db.inventory.find( { quantity: { $gte: 20 } } )

Example output:

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 {
   _id: ObjectId("61bb51211b83c864e3bbe037"),
   item: 'nuts',
   quantity: 30,
   carrier: { name: 'Shipit', fee: 3 }
 },
 {
   _id: ObjectId("61bb51211b83c864e3bbe038"),
   item: 'bolts',
   quantity: 50,
   carrier: { name: 'Shipit', fee: 4 }
}

Perform an Update Based on Embedded Document Fields¶

The following example sets the price field based on a $gte comparison against a field in an embedded document.

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db.inventory.updateMany(
   { "carrier.fee": { $gte: 2 } }, { $set: { "price": 9.99 } }
)

Example output:

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{
  _id: ObjectId("61bb51211b83c864e3bbe037"),
  item: 'nuts',
  quantity: 30,
  carrier: { name: 'Shipit', fee: 3 },
  price: 9.99
},
{
  _id: ObjectId("61bb51211b83c864e3bbe038"),
  item: 'bolts',
  quantity: 50,
  carrier: { name: 'Shipit', fee: 4 },
  price: 9.99
}

This updateOne() operation searches for an embedded document, carrier, with a subfield named fee. It sets { price: 9.99 } in each document where fee has a value greater than or equal to 2.

To set the value of the price field in only the first document where carrier.fee is greater than 2, use updateOne().