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MONGOC_COLLECTION_UPDATE_MANY(3) MongoDB C Driver MONGOC_COLLECTION_UPDATE_MANY(3)

mongoc_collection_update_many - mongoc_collection_update_many()

bool
mongoc_collection_update_many (mongoc_collection_t *collection,

const bson_t *selector,
const bson_t *update,
const bson_t *opts,
bson_t *reply,
bson_error_t *error);


  • collection: A mongoc_collection_t.
  • selector: A bson_t containing the query to match documents for updating.
  • update: A bson_t containing the update to perform.
  • reply: Optional. An uninitialized bson_t populated with the update result, or NULL.
  • error: An optional location for a bson_error_t or NULL.

opts may be NULL or a BSON document with additional command options:

  • writeConcern: Construct a mongoc_write_concern_t and use mongoc_write_concern_append to add the write concern to opts. See the example code for mongoc_client_write_command_with_opts.
  • sessionId: First, construct a mongoc_client_session_t with mongoc_client_start_session. You can begin a transaction with mongoc_client_session_start_transaction, optionally with a mongoc_transaction_opt_t that overrides the options inherited from collection, and use mongoc_client_session_append to add the session to opts. See the example code for mongoc_client_session_t.
  • validate: Construct a bitwise-or of all desired bson_validate_flags_t. Set to false to skip client-side validation of the provided BSON documents.
  • bypassDocumentValidation: Set to true to skip server-side schema validation of the provided BSON documents.
  • collation: Configure textual comparisons. See Setting Collation Order, and the MongoDB Manual entry on Collation. Collation requires MongoDB 3.2 or later, otherwise an error is returned.
  • upsert: When true, creates a new document if no document matches the query.
  • arrayFilters: An array of filters specifying to which array elements an update should apply.

This function updates all documents in collection that match selector.

To update at most one document see mongoc_collection_update_one.

If you pass a non-NULL reply, it is filled out with fields matchedCount, modifiedCount, and optionally upsertedId if applicable. If there is a server error then reply contains either a "writeErrors" array with one subdocument or a "writeConcernErrors" array. The reply must be freed with bson_destroy().

MongoDB update command documentation for more information on the update options.

mongoc_collection_update_one

Errors are propagated via the error parameter.

Returns true if successful. Returns false and sets error if there are invalid arguments or a server or network error.

A write concern timeout or write concern error is considered a failure.

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February 23, 2019 1.14.0