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The $all operator selects the documents where the value of a field is an array that contains all the specified elements. To specify an $all expression, use the following prototype:

{ <field>: { $all: [ <value> , <value1> ... ] }

Examples

The following examples use the inventory collection that contains the documents:

{
   _id: ObjectId("5234cc89687ea597eabee675"),
   code: "xyz",
   tags: [ "school", "book", "bag", "headphone", "appliance" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "S", num: 10, color: "blue" },
          { size: "M", num: 45, color: "blue" },
          { size: "L", num: 100, color: "green" }
        ]
}

{
   _id: ObjectId("5234cc8a687ea597eabee676"),
   code: "abc",
   tags: [ "appliance", "school", "book" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "6", num: 100, color: "green" },
          { size: "6", num: 50, color: "blue" },
          { size: "8", num: 100, color: "brown" }
        ]
}

{
   _id: ObjectId("5234ccb7687ea597eabee677"),
   code: "efg",
   tags: [ "school", "book" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "S", num: 10, color: "blue" },
          { size: "M", num: 100, color: "blue" },
          { size: "L", num: 100, color: "green" }
        ]
}

{
   _id: ObjectId("52350353b2eff1353b349de9"),
   code: "ijk",
   tags: [ "electronics", "school" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "M", num: 100, color: "green" }
        ]
}

Use $all to Match Values

The following operation uses the $all operator to query the inventory collection for documents where the value of the tags field is an array whose elements include appliance, school, and book:

db.inventory.find( { tags: { $all: [ "appliance", "school", "book" ] } } )

The above query returns the following documents:

{
   _id: ObjectId("5234cc89687ea597eabee675"),
   code: "xyz",
   tags: [ "school", "book", "bag", "headphone", "appliance" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "S", num: 10, color: "blue" },
          { size: "M", num: 45, color: "blue" },
          { size: "L", num: 100, color: "green" }
        ]
}

{
   _id: ObjectId("5234cc8a687ea597eabee676"),
   code: "abc",
   tags: [ "appliance", "school", "book" ],
   qty: [
          { size: "6", num: 100, color: "green" },
          { size: "6", num: 50, color: "blue" },
          { size: "8", num: 100, color: "brown" }
        ]
}

Use $all with $elemMatch

If the field contains an array of documents, you can use the $all with the $elemMatch operator.

The following operation queries the inventory collection for documents where the value of the qty field is an array whose elements match the $elemMatch criteria:

db.inventory.find( {
                     qty: { $all: [
                                    { "$elemMatch" : { size: "M", num: { $gt: 50} } },
                                    { "$elemMatch" : { num : 100, color: "green" } }
                                  ] }
                   } )

The query returns the following documents:

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("5234ccb7687ea597eabee677"),
   "code" : "efg",
   "tags" : [ "school", "book"],
   "qty" : [
             { "size" : "S", "num" : 10, "color" : "blue" },
             { "size" : "M", "num" : 100, "color" : "blue" },
             { "size" : "L", "num" : 100, "color" : "green" }
           ]
}

{
   "_id" : ObjectId("52350353b2eff1353b349de9"),
   "code" : "ijk",
   "tags" : [ "electronics", "school" ],
   "qty" : [
             { "size" : "M", "num" : 100, "color" : "green" }
           ]
}

The $all operator exists to support queries on arrays. But you may use the $all operator to select against a non-array field, as in the following example:

db.inventory.find( { qty: { $all: [ 50 ] } } )

However, use the following form to express the same query:

db.inventory.find( { qty: 50 } )

Both queries will select all documents in the inventory collection where the value of the qty field equals 50.

Note

  • In most cases, MongoDB does not treat arrays as sets. This operator provides a notable exception to this approach.
  • In the current release, queries that use the $all operator must scan all the documents that match the first element in the query array. As a result, even with an index to support the query, the operation may be long running, particularly when the first element in the array is not very selective.

See also

find(), update(), and $set.