Syntax error MongoDB query to select 10 most recent documents without changing order?

MongoDB query to select 10 most recent documents without changing order?



For this, use skip() in MongoDB. Under skip(), set “count() – 10” to get 10 most recent documents. Let us create a collection with documents −

> db.demo500.insertOne({value:10});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749c5987b6e0e9d18f55a")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:1200});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749c8987b6e0e9d18f55b")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:19});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749cb987b6e0e9d18f55c")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:28});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749cf987b6e0e9d18f55d")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:50});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749d1987b6e0e9d18f55e")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:70});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749d4987b6e0e9d18f55f")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:100});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749d7987b6e0e9d18f560")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:10});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749d9987b6e0e9d18f561")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:98});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749dc987b6e0e9d18f562")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:80});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e8749e0987b6e0e9d18f563")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:75});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e874c73987b6e0e9d18f564")
}
> db.demo500.insertOne({value:68});{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e874c78987b6e0e9d18f565")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo500.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749c5987b6e0e9d18f55a"), "value" : 10 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749c8987b6e0e9d18f55b"), "value" : 1200 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749cb987b6e0e9d18f55c"), "value" : 19 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749cf987b6e0e9d18f55d"), "value" : 28 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d1987b6e0e9d18f55e"), "value" : 50 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d4987b6e0e9d18f55f"), "value" : 70 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d7987b6e0e9d18f560"), "value" : 100 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d9987b6e0e9d18f561"), "value" : 10 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749dc987b6e0e9d18f562"), "value" : 98 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749e0987b6e0e9d18f563"), "value" : 80 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e874c73987b6e0e9d18f564"), "value" : 75 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e874c78987b6e0e9d18f565"), "value" : 68 }

Following is the query to select 10 most recent documents without changing the order −

> db.demo500.find().skip(db.demo500.count() - 10);

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749cb987b6e0e9d18f55c"), "value" : 19 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749cf987b6e0e9d18f55d"), "value" : 28 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d1987b6e0e9d18f55e"), "value" : 50 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d4987b6e0e9d18f55f"), "value" : 70 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d7987b6e0e9d18f560"), "value" : 100 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749d9987b6e0e9d18f561"), "value" : 10 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749dc987b6e0e9d18f562"), "value" : 98 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e8749e0987b6e0e9d18f563"), "value" : 80 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e874c73987b6e0e9d18f564"), "value" : 75 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e874c78987b6e0e9d18f565"), "value" : 68 }
Updated on: 2020-05-13T06:01:32+05:30

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