Updates with no operator should default to $set Fix #667

2014-07-02 14:39:29 -03:00
parent 21818e71f5
commit 99e943c365
3 changed files with 14 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/docs/guide/querying.rst
+++ b/docs/guide/querying.rst
@@ -525,6 +525,13 @@ modifier comes before the field, not after it::
    >>> post.tags
    ['database', 'nosql']

+.. note::
+
+    If no modifier operator is specified the default will be `set` the both following sentences are identical::
+
+        >>> BlogPost.objects(id=post.id).update(title='Example Post')
+        >>> BlogPost.objects(id=post.id).update(set__title='Example Post')
+
 .. note::

    In version 0.5 the :meth:`~mongoengine.Document.save` runs atomic updates