Getting the highest value of a column in MongoDB

Question

I\'ve been for some help on getting the highest value on a column for a mongo document. I can sort it and get the top/bottom, but I\'m pretty sure there is a better way to d

Answer 1

Use aggregate():

db.transactions.aggregate([
  {$match: {id: x}},
  {$sort: {sellprice:-1}},
  {$limit: 1},
  {$project: {sellprice: 1}}
]);