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Service: documentdb · 2026-03-28 · Documentation low

File: documentdb/latest/developerguide/max-update.md

Summary

Entire documentation file for the $max update operator was removed, including examples in MongoDB Shell, Node.js, and Python

Security assessment

This change removes documentation for a MongoDB update operator ($max) but shows no evidence of addressing a security vulnerability. The removal appears to be part of documentation restructuring or deprecation, not security remediation. No security warnings, vulnerability disclosures, or security-related content was present in the removed material.

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-[Documentation](/index.html)[Amazon DocumentDB](/documentdb/index.html)[Developer Guide](what-is.html)
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-Example (MongoDB Shell)Code examples
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-# $max
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-The `$max` update operator updates a field's value only if the specified value is greater than the current field value. This operator is useful for maintaining maximum values across updates.
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-**Parameters**
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-  * `field`: The field to update.
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-  * `value`: The value to compare with the current field value.
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-
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-## Example (MongoDB Shell)
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-The following example demonstrates using the `$max` operator to update the highest recorded score for a player.
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-**Create sample documents**
-    
-    
-    db.scores.insertMany([
-      { _id: 1, player: "Alice", highScore: 85 },
-      { _id: 2, player: "Bob", highScore: 92 },
-      { _id: 3, player: "Charlie", highScore: 78 }
-    ])
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-**Update example**
-    
-    
-    db.scores.updateOne(
-      { _id: 1 },
-      { $max: { highScore: 95 } }
-    )
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-**Result**
-
-The `highScore` field for Alice is updated to 95 because 95 is greater than the current value of 85.
-    
-    
-    { "_id": 1, "player": "Alice", "highScore": 95 }
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-## Code examples
-
-To view a code example for using the `$max` command, choose the tab for the language that you want to use:
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-Node.js
-    
-    
-    
-    const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
-    
-    async function example() {
-      const client = await MongoClient.connect('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false');
-      const db = client.db('test');
-      const collection = db.collection('scores');
-    
-      const result = await collection.updateOne(
-        { _id: 1 },
-        { $max: { highScore: 95 } }
-      );
-    
-      console.log(result);
-      await client.close();
-    }
-    
-    example();
-
-Python
-    
-    
-    
-    from pymongo import MongoClient
-    
-    def example():
-        client = MongoClient('mongodb://<username>:<password>@<cluster-endpoint>:27017/?tls=true&tlsCAFile=global-bundle.pem&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred&retryWrites=false')
-        db = client['test']
-        collection = db['scores']
-    
-        result = collection.update_one(
-            { '_id': 1 },
-            { '$max': { 'highScore': 95 } }
-        )
-    
-        print(result)
-        client.close()
-    
-    example()
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