In MongoDB, you can use the $push operator to append a value to an array.
This operator can be used with various modifiers, one of which is the $position modifier. The $position modifier allows you to specify the position within the array that you want to insert the new value.
If you’ve ever queried the sysjobhistory table in the msdb database, you’ll probably know that the datetime and duration columns are stored as integers.
In particular, when you query this table, the run_date, run_time, and duration columns are returned as integers, which can make it difficult to read.
Below is a query you can use to return this data in an easier to read format.
Continue readingMongoDB provides various options for extracting date parts from a date.
This article presents 3 ways to return the week portion from a date in MongoDB.
Continue readingWhen extracting the day from a date, the exact option we use will depend on how we want the day to be represented.
For example, do we want the day of the week, the day of the month, or the day of the year? Or perhaps we want it in ISO 8601 format? The return value will usually be different depending on which one we choose.
This article explores those options, and therefore presents 8 ways to return the day portion from a date in MongoDB.
Continue readingMongoDB provides a number of aggregation pipeline operators for working with dates, including operators that extract certain parts of dates, such as the year, month, day, etc.
There are also a couple of MongoDB methods that enable you to iterate through a cursor, and apply a JavaScript function. You can therefore use JavaScript to extract date values and date parts, etc from a field as required.
This article presents 5 ways to return the month portion from a date in MongoDB.
Continue readingMongoDB provides quite a few aggregation pipeline operators for working with dates. This includes operators that extract certain parts of dates, such as the year, month, day, etc.
There are also a couple of MongoDB methods that enable you to iterate through a cursor, and apply a JavaScript function. This therefore allows you to use JavaScript to extract date values and date parts, etc from a field.
This article presents 6 ways to return the year portion from a date in MongoDB.
Continue readingThis article contains a list of date operators, methods, and variables that you can use when working with dates in MongoDB.
Continue readingIn MongoDB, the $toUpper aggregation pipeline operator converts a string to uppercase and returns the result.
In MongoDB, the $toLower aggregation pipeline operator converts a string to lowercase and returns the result.
In MongoDB, you can use the $exists element query operator to match documents that contain a specific field.
You can also use it to match documents that don’t contain a specific field.
You can also use it in conjunction with other operators such $nin to match documents where a given field exists, but it doesn’t contain a specific value.