feat(db-*): add updateMany method to database adapter (#11441)

This PR adds a new `payload.db.updateMany` method, which is a more performant way to update multiple documents compared to using `payload.update`.

packages/db-mongodb/src/index.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import type {
   TypeWithVersion,
   UpdateGlobalArgs,
   UpdateGlobalVersionArgs,
+  UpdateManyArgs,
   UpdateOneArgs,
   UpdateVersionArgs,
 } from 'payload'
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import { commitTransaction } from './transactions/commitTransaction.js'
 import { rollbackTransaction } from './transactions/rollbackTransaction.js'
 import { updateGlobal } from './updateGlobal.js'
 import { updateGlobalVersion } from './updateGlobalVersion.js'
+import { updateMany } from './updateMany.js'
 import { updateOne } from './updateOne.js'
 import { updateVersion } from './updateVersion.js'
 import { upsert } from './upsert.js'
@@ -160,6 +162,7 @@ declare module 'payload' {
     updateGlobalVersion: <T extends TypeWithID = TypeWithID>(
       args: { options?: QueryOptions } & UpdateGlobalVersionArgs<T>,
     ) => Promise<TypeWithVersion<T>>
+
     updateOne: (args: { options?: QueryOptions } & UpdateOneArgs) => Promise<Document>
     updateVersion: <T extends TypeWithID = TypeWithID>(
       args: { options?: QueryOptions } & UpdateVersionArgs<T>,
@@ -200,6 +203,7 @@ export function mongooseAdapter({
       mongoMemoryServer,
       sessions: {},
       transactionOptions: transactionOptions === false ? undefined : transactionOptions,
+      updateMany,
       url,
       versions: {},
       // DatabaseAdapter

packages/db-mongodb/src/updateMany.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import type { MongooseUpdateQueryOptions } from 'mongoose'
+import type { UpdateMany } from 'payload'
+
+import type { MongooseAdapter } from './index.js'
+
+import { buildQuery } from './queries/buildQuery.js'
+import { buildProjectionFromSelect } from './utilities/buildProjectionFromSelect.js'
+import { getSession } from './utilities/getSession.js'
+import { handleError } from './utilities/handleError.js'
+import { transform } from './utilities/transform.js'
+
+export const updateMany: UpdateMany = async function updateMany(
+  this: MongooseAdapter,
+  { collection, data, locale, options: optionsArgs = {}, req, returning, select, where },
+) {
+  const Model = this.collections[collection]
+  const fields = this.payload.collections[collection].config.fields
+
+  const options: MongooseUpdateQueryOptions = {
+    ...optionsArgs,
+    lean: true,
+    new: true,
+    projection: buildProjectionFromSelect({
+      adapter: this,
+      fields: this.payload.collections[collection].config.flattenedFields,
+      select,
+    }),
+    session: await getSession(this, req),
+  }
+
+  const query = await buildQuery({
+    adapter: this,
+    collectionSlug: collection,
+    fields: this.payload.collections[collection].config.flattenedFields,
+    locale,
+    where,
+  })
+
+  transform({ adapter: this, data, fields, operation: 'write' })
+
+  try {
+    await Model.updateMany(query, data, options)
+  } catch (error) {
+    handleError({ collection, error, req })
+  }
+
+  if (returning === false) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  const result = await Model.find(query, {}, options)
+
+  transform({
+    adapter: this,
+    data: result,
+    fields,
+    operation: 'read',
+  })
+
+  return result
+}

packages/db-postgres/src/index.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
 } from '@payloadcms/drizzle'
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ export function postgresAdapter(args: Args): DatabaseAdapterObj<PostgresAdapter>
       rollbackTransaction,
       updateGlobal,
       updateGlobalVersion,
+      updateMany,
       updateOne,
       updateVersion,
       upsert: updateOne,

packages/db-sqlite/src/index.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
 } from '@payloadcms/drizzle'
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ export function sqliteAdapter(args: Args): DatabaseAdapterObj<SQLiteAdapter> {
       tableNameMap: new Map<string, string>(),
       tables: {},
       transactionOptions: args.transactionOptions || undefined,
+      updateMany,
       versionsSuffix: args.versionsSuffix || '_v',
 
       // DatabaseAdapter

packages/db-vercel-postgres/src/index.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import {
   rollbackTransaction,
   updateGlobal,
   updateGlobalVersion,
+  updateMany,
   updateOne,
   updateVersion,
 } from '@payloadcms/drizzle'
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ export function vercelPostgresAdapter(args: Args = {}): DatabaseAdapterObj<Verce
       rollbackTransaction,
       updateGlobal,
       updateGlobalVersion,
+      updateMany,
       updateOne,
       updateVersion,
       upsert: updateOne,

packages/drizzle/src/index.ts

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export { commitTransaction } from './transactions/commitTransaction.js'
 export { rollbackTransaction } from './transactions/rollbackTransaction.js'
 export { updateGlobal } from './updateGlobal.js'
 export { updateGlobalVersion } from './updateGlobalVersion.js'
+export { updateMany } from './updateMany.js'
 export { updateOne } from './updateOne.js'
 export { updateVersion } from './updateVersion.js'
 export { upsertRow } from './upsertRow/index.js'

packages/drizzle/src/updateMany.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+import type { LibSQLDatabase } from 'drizzle-orm/libsql'
+import type { UpdateMany } from 'payload'
+
+import toSnakeCase from 'to-snake-case'
+
+import type { DrizzleAdapter } from './types.js'
+
+import buildQuery from './queries/buildQuery.js'
+import { selectDistinct } from './queries/selectDistinct.js'
+import { upsertRow } from './upsertRow/index.js'
+import { getTransaction } from './utilities/getTransaction.js'
+
+export const updateMany: UpdateMany = async function updateMany(
+  this: DrizzleAdapter,
+  {
+    collection: collectionSlug,
+    data,
+    joins: joinQuery,
+    locale,
+    req,
+    returning,
+    select,
+    where: whereToUse,
+  },
+) {
+  const db = await getTransaction(this, req)
+  const collection = this.payload.collections[collectionSlug].config
+  const tableName = this.tableNameMap.get(toSnakeCase(collection.slug))
+
+  const { joins, selectFields, where } = buildQuery({
+    adapter: this,
+    fields: collection.flattenedFields,
+    locale,
+    tableName,
+    where: whereToUse,
+  })
+
+  let idsToUpdate: (number | string)[] = []
+
+  const selectDistinctResult = await selectDistinct({
+    adapter: this,
+    db,
+    joins,
+    selectFields,
+    tableName,
+    where,
+  })
+
+  if (selectDistinctResult?.[0]?.id) {
+    idsToUpdate = selectDistinctResult?.map((doc) => doc.id)
+
+    // If id wasn't passed but `where` without any joins, retrieve it with findFirst
+  } else if (whereToUse && !joins.length) {
+    const _db = db as LibSQLDatabase
+
+    const table = this.tables[tableName]
+
+    const docsToUpdate = await _db
+      .select({
+        id: table.id,
+      })
+      .from(table)
+      .where(where)
+
+    idsToUpdate = docsToUpdate?.map((doc) => doc.id)
+  }
+
+  if (!idsToUpdate.length) {
+    return []
+  }
+
+  const results = []
+
+  // TODO: We need to batch this to reduce the amount of db calls. This can get very slow if we are updating a lot of rows.
+  for (const idToUpdate of idsToUpdate) {
+    const result = await upsertRow({
+      id: idToUpdate,
+      adapter: this,
+      data,
+      db,
+      fields: collection.flattenedFields,
+      ignoreResult: returning === false,
+      joinQuery,
+      operation: 'update',
+      req,
+      select,
+      tableName,
+    })
+    results.push(result)
+  }
+
+  if (returning === false) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return results
+}

packages/payload/src/database/types.ts

@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ export interface BaseDatabaseAdapter {
 
   updateGlobalVersion: UpdateGlobalVersion
 
+  updateMany: UpdateMany
+
   updateOne: UpdateOne
 
   updateVersion: UpdateVersion
@@ -510,6 +512,29 @@ export type UpdateOneArgs = {
  */
 export type UpdateOne = (args: UpdateOneArgs) => Promise<Document>
 
+export type UpdateManyArgs = {
+  collection: CollectionSlug
+  data: Record<string, unknown>
+  draft?: boolean
+  joins?: JoinQuery
+  locale?: string
+  /**
+   * Additional database adapter specific options to pass to the query
+   */
+  options?: Record<string, unknown>
+  req?: Partial<PayloadRequest>
+  /**
+   * If true, returns the updated documents
+   *
+   * @default true
+   */
+  returning?: boolean
+  select?: SelectType
+  where: Where
+}
+
+export type UpdateMany = (args: UpdateManyArgs) => Promise<Document[] | null>
+
 export type UpsertArgs = {
   collection: CollectionSlug
   data: Record<string, unknown>

packages/payload/src/index.ts

@@ -1112,6 +1112,7 @@ export type {
   Connect,
   Count,
   CountArgs,
+  CountGlobalVersionArgs,
   CountGlobalVersions,
   CountVersions,
   Create,
@@ -1156,6 +1157,8 @@ export type {
   UpdateGlobalArgs,
   UpdateGlobalVersion,
   UpdateGlobalVersionArgs,
+  UpdateMany,
+  UpdateManyArgs,
   UpdateOne,
   UpdateOneArgs,
   UpdateVersion,

test/database/config.ts

@@ -8,7 +8,21 @@ import { v4 as uuid } from 'uuid'
 
 import { buildConfigWithDefaults } from '../buildConfigWithDefaults.js'
 import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
-import { errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug, postsSlug } from './shared.js'
+import { seed } from './seed.js'
+import {
+  customIDsSlug,
+  customSchemaSlug,
+  defaultValuesSlug,
+  errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug,
+  fakeCustomIDsSlug,
+  fieldsPersistanceSlug,
+  pgMigrationSlug,
+  placesSlug,
+  postsSlug,
+  relationASlug,
+  relationBSlug,
+  relationshipsMigrationSlug,
+} from './shared.js'
 
 const defaultValueField: TextField = {
   name: 'defaultValue',
@@ -183,7 +197,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       ],
     },
     {
-      slug: 'default-values',
+      slug: defaultValuesSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'title',
@@ -222,7 +236,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       ],
     },
     {
-      slug: 'relation-a',
+      slug: relationASlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'title',
@@ -239,7 +253,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       },
     },
     {
-      slug: 'relation-b',
+      slug: relationBSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'title',
@@ -261,7 +275,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       },
     },
     {
-      slug: 'pg-migrations',
+      slug: pgMigrationSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'relation1',
@@ -329,7 +343,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       versions: true,
     },
     {
-      slug: 'custom-schema',
+      slug: customSchemaSlug,
       dbName: 'customs',
       fields: [
         {
@@ -404,7 +418,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       },
     },
     {
-      slug: 'places',
+      slug: placesSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'country',
@@ -417,7 +431,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       ],
     },
     {
-      slug: 'fields-persistance',
+      slug: fieldsPersistanceSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'text',
@@ -475,7 +489,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       ],
     },
     {
-      slug: 'custom-ids',
+      slug: customIDsSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'id',
@@ -502,7 +516,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       versions: { drafts: true },
     },
     {
-      slug: 'fake-custom-ids',
+      slug: fakeCustomIDsSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           name: 'title',
@@ -535,7 +549,7 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
       ],
     },
     {
-      slug: 'relationships-migration',
+      slug: relationshipsMigrationSlug,
       fields: [
         {
           type: 'relationship',
@@ -587,13 +601,9 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
     locales: ['en', 'es'],
   },
   onInit: async (payload) => {
-    await payload.create({
+    if (process.env.SEED_IN_CONFIG_ONINIT !== 'false') {
-      collection: 'users',
+      await seed(payload)
-      data: {
+    }
-        email: devUser.email,
-        password: devUser.password,
-      },
-    })
   },
   typescript: {
     outputFile: path.resolve(dirname, 'payload-types.ts'),

test/database/int.spec.ts

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
 import { initPayloadInt } from '../helpers/initPayloadInt.js'
 import { isMongoose } from '../helpers/isMongoose.js'
 import removeFiles from '../helpers/removeFiles.js'
+import { seed } from './seed.js'
 import { errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug, postsSlug } from './shared.js'
 
 const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
@@ -43,9 +44,17 @@ process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH = path.join(dirname, 'config.ts')
 
 describe('database', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
+    process.env.SEED_IN_CONFIG_ONINIT = 'false' // Makes it so the payload config onInit seed is not run. Otherwise, the seed would be run unnecessarily twice for the initial test run - once for beforeEach and once for onInit
     ;({ payload, restClient } = await initPayloadInt(dirname))
     payload.db.migrationDir = path.join(dirname, './migrations')
 
+    await seed(payload)
+
+    await restClient.login({
+      slug: 'users',
+      credentials: devUser,
+    })
+
     const loginResult = await payload.login({
       collection: 'users',
       data: {
@@ -794,6 +803,7 @@ describe('database', () => {
             data: {
               title,
             },
+            depth: 0,
             disableTransaction: true,
           })
         })
@@ -876,6 +886,80 @@ describe('database', () => {
 
       expect(result.point).toEqual([5, 10])
     })
+
+    it('ensure updateMany updates all docs and respects where query', async () => {
+      await payload.db.deleteMany({
+        collection: postsSlug,
+        where: {
+          id: {
+            exists: true,
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      await payload.create({
+        collection: postsSlug,
+        data: {
+          title: 'notupdated',
+        },
+      })
+
+      // Create 5 posts
+      for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+        await payload.create({
+          collection: postsSlug,
+          data: {
+            title: `v1 ${i}`,
+          },
+        })
+      }
+
+      const result = await payload.db.updateMany({
+        collection: postsSlug,
+        data: {
+          title: 'updated',
+        },
+        where: {
+          title: {
+            not_equals: 'notupdated',
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(result?.length).toBe(5)
+      expect(result?.[0]?.title).toBe('updated')
+      expect(result?.[4]?.title).toBe('updated')
+
+      // Ensure all posts minus the one we don't want updated are updated
+      const { docs } = await payload.find({
+        collection: postsSlug,
+        depth: 0,
+        pagination: false,
+        where: {
+          title: {
+            equals: 'updated',
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(docs).toHaveLength(5)
+      expect(docs?.[0]?.title).toBe('updated')
+      expect(docs?.[4]?.title).toBe('updated')
+
+      const { docs: notUpdatedDocs } = await payload.find({
+        collection: postsSlug,
+        depth: 0,
+        pagination: false,
+        where: {
+          title: {
+            not_equals: 'updated',
+          },
+        },
+      })
+
+      expect(notUpdatedDocs).toHaveLength(1)
+      expect(notUpdatedDocs?.[0]?.title).toBe('notupdated')
+    })
   })
 
   describe('Error Handler', () => {

test/database/seed.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import type { Payload } from 'payload'
+
+import path from 'path'
+import { getFileByPath } from 'payload'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'url'
+
+import { devUser } from '../credentials.js'
+import { seedDB } from '../helpers/seed.js'
+import { collectionSlugs } from './shared.js'
+
+const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
+const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
+
+export const _seed = async (_payload: Payload) => {
+  await _payload.create({
+    collection: 'users',
+    data: {
+      email: devUser.email,
+      password: devUser.password,
+    },
+  })
+}
+
+export async function seed(_payload: Payload) {
+  return await _seed(_payload)
+}

test/database/shared.ts

@@ -1,2 +1,37 @@
 export const postsSlug = 'posts'
 export const errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug = 'error-on-unnamed-fields'
+
+export const defaultValuesSlug = 'default-values'
+
+export const relationASlug = 'relation-a'
+
+export const relationBSlug = 'relation-b'
+
+export const pgMigrationSlug = 'pg-migrations'
+
+export const customSchemaSlug = 'custom-schema'
+
+export const placesSlug = 'places'
+
+export const fieldsPersistanceSlug = 'fields-persistance'
+
+export const customIDsSlug = 'custom-ids'
+
+export const fakeCustomIDsSlug = 'fake-custom-ids'
+
+export const relationshipsMigrationSlug = 'relationships-migration'
+
+export const collectionSlugs = [
+  postsSlug,
+  errorOnUnnamedFieldsSlug,
+  defaultValuesSlug,
+  relationASlug,
+  relationBSlug,
+  pgMigrationSlug,
+  customSchemaSlug,
+  placesSlug,
+  fieldsPersistanceSlug,
+  customIDsSlug,
+  fakeCustomIDsSlug,
+  relationshipsMigrationSlug,
+]