update nth document in a nested array document in mongodb - arrays

Question

I need to update a document in an array inside another document in Mongo DB
{
"_id" : ObjectId("51cff693d342704b5047e6d8"),
"author" : "test",
"body" : "sdfkj dsfhk asdfjad ",
"comments" : [
{
"author" : "test",
"body" : "sdfkjdj\r\nasdjgkfdfj",
"email" : "test#tes.com"
},
{
"author" : "hola",
"body" : "sdfl\r\nhola \r\nwork here"
}
],
"date" : ISODate("2013-06-30T09:12:51.629Z"),
"permalink" : "jaiho",
"tags" : [
"jaiho"
],
"title" : "JAiHo"
}
Q1) Update email of 0th element of comments array
db.posts.update({"permalink" : "haha"},{$set:{"comments.0.email":1}})
This doesn't throw any exception but doesn't update anything as well
Q2) Add a field on nth element of comments array number_likes
db.posts.update({"permalink" : "haha"},{$inc:{"comments.0.num_likes":1}})
Doesn't work either.
Am I missing something here?

Answer 1

Q1: If you update with permalink 'jaiho' instead of 'haha', it most certainly updates the email;
> db.posts.update({"permalink" : "jaiho"},{$set:{"comments.0.email":1}})
> db.posts.find()
..., "email" : 1 },...
Q2: Same goes for this include;
> db.posts.update({"permalink" : "jaiho"},{$inc:{"comments.0.num_likes":1}})
> db.posts.find()
..., "num_likes" : 1 },...

Answer 2

If you are trying to do it dynamically in Node JS following should work.
i = 0;
selector = {};
operator = {};
selector['comments.' + i + '.email'] = 1; // {'comments.0.num_likes' : 1}
operator['$inc'] = selector; // {'$inc' : {'comments.0.num_likes' : 1} }
db.posts.update({'permalink' : 'xyz'}, operator);