Query for documents where array size is greater than 1

There’s a more efficient way to do this in MongoDB 2.2+ now that you can use numeric array indexes (0 based) in query object keys.

// Find all docs that have at least two name array elements.
db.accommodations.find({'name.1': {$exists: true}})

You can support this query with an index that uses a partial filter expression (requires 3.2+):

// index for at least two name array elements
db.accommodations.createIndex(
    {'name.1': 1},
    {partialFilterExpression: {'name.1': {$exists: true}}}
);

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