Can update with $inc be used to decrement value?

D. Smith

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Nov 26, 2010, 11:31:31 AM11/26/10

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Just want to make sure that $inc with negative value will decrement
the value.
db.people.update( { name:"Joe" }, { $inc: { n : -1 } } );
Will this work?

Andreas Jung

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Nov 26, 2010, 11:33:41 AM11/26/10

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You can try that out easily yourself from the Mongo shell :)

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Scott Hernandez

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Nov 26, 2010, 11:38:45 AM11/26/10

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Yes, but always test :)

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