MongoDB and JAVA - Logical OR with Regex query

Question

I am trying to create an equivalant of the following SQL query:

Select * from X where a like 'a%' OR b like 'a%'

I tried all sorts of options but I keep getting the following error:

falsecom.mongodb.MongoException: $or requires nonempty array

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks.

What exactly did you try out in Mongo when you got that exception? — jsalonen, Jun 18 '12 at 17:05
You may take inspiration from this [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10620771/how-to-or-few-conditions-in-mongodb-using-java-driver/10620972#10620972 — Ravi Khakhkhar, Jun 18 '12 at 17:59

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 19 '12 at 12:05

You can use the QueryBuilder class to make the code a bit more readable:

    Mongo m = new Mongo();
    m.setWriteConcern(WriteConcern.SAFE);
    DBCollection c = m.getDB("test").getCollection("or-test");
    c.drop();

    c.insert(new BasicDBObject("a", "abba"));
    c.insert(new BasicDBObject("b", "abba"));
    c.insert(new BasicDBObject("a", "bbba"));
    c.insert(new BasicDBObject("b", "bbba"));

    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^a");
    DBObject query = QueryBuilder.start().or(
            QueryBuilder.start("a").regex(pattern).get(),
            QueryBuilder.start("b").regex(pattern).get()
            ).get();
    System.out.println(c.find(query).count());

This will print "2".

MongoDB and JAVA - Logical OR with Regex query

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