Implementing an application that looks up a table for mail id presence from a list of around 10 email ids. Tried using $or and $in.
$in seems to give better performance but not significant. Is one more optimized than other?
Implementing an application that looks up a table for mail id presence from a list of around 10 email ids. Tried using $or and $in.
$in seems to give better performance but not significant. Is one more optimized than other?
MongoDB docs have the answer:
"When using $or with <expressions> that are equality checks for the value of the same field, choose the $in operator over the $or operator."
"While "$or"will always work, use "$in"whenever possible as the query optimizer handles it more efficiently."
Moreover "$in" has more readability.
Ref: MongoDB: The Definitive Guide
$or
operator is logical operator where you can define your own login but $in
operator is Comparison operator where you can compare you can not put your on logic.
Syntax of $in
:
{ field: { $in: [<value1>, <value2>, ... <valueN> ] } }
Example:
db.account.find( { qty: { $in: [ 5, 15 ] } } )
Syntax of $or
:
{ $or: [ { <expression1> }, { <expression2> }, ... , { <expressionN> } ] }
Example:
db.account.find( { $or: [ { quantity: { $lt: 20 } }, { price: 10 } ] } )
Note: Account is your collection name