I want to update new balance
of user with summing old one using only update method.
users.update({user_id: 12345}, {balance: balanceFromFunc+oldBalance});
Are there any easy way to do this? Or do I have to do it like this? :
users.where(.... err, docs){
var oldBalance = users.docs.balance ;
var newBalance = "somevalue";
var NEW_Balance = newBalance + oldBalance;
users.update(...,balance : NEW_BALANCE)
}
The $inc
operator
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/inc/
users.update({user_id: 12345}, { $inc: { balance: balanceFromFunc } });