Lessons
MongoDB Introduction
MongoDB Installation & Setup
MongoDB Create Database & Collections
MongoDB mongosh Create Database
Create Database using mongosh
After connecting to your database using mongosh,
you can see which database you are using by typing db in your terminal.
If you have used the connection string provided from the MongoDB Atlas dashboard,
you should be connected to the myFirstDb database.
Show all databases
To see all available databases, in your terminal type:
show dbsNotice that myFirstDb is not listed.
This is because the database is empty.
An empty database is essentially non-existant.
Change or Create a Database
You can change or create a new database by typing use then the name of the database.
Example
How to Create a new database hit command:
use school
school is a database Name.
db
How to drop a Database
You can drop database by using dropDatabase() method.
First now switch to database which database at deleted: use database_name command after switch database then hit this command.
Example
db.dropDatabase()
Summary Of all Commands
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MongoDB Introduction
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MongoDB Create Database & Collections