MongoDB Steps Up To Enterprise Expectations

MongoDB, the NoSQL darling of developers, aims to improve scalability, analytics, security, and manageability in significant upgrade.

If  you're entirely new to MongoDB - this is just a very gentle introduction that gets you up and running with a sample database in just a few easy steps. 

It's really easy to get started. The steps are:

1. Install MongoDB
2. Create a Database
3. Query the Database

1. Install MongoDB

     Download your MongoDB below given link :

                       http://www.mongodb.org/download

      Set up the MongoDB environment:

                     Run this  command on cmd

                   C:\mongodb\bin\mongod.exe --dbpath d:\test\mongodb\data

    Start MongoDB:

                                         C:\Program Files\MongoDB\bin\mongod.exe

     Connect to MongoDB:

                                  C:\mongodb\bin\mongo.exe

2. Create a Database:

       From the mongo shell, display the list of databases, with the following operation:

        show dbs

Switch to a new database named mydb, with the following operation:

           use mydb

3. Query the Database:

The createCollection() Method

MongoDB db.createCollection(name, options) is used to create collection.

SYNTAX:

Basic syntax of createCollection() command is as follows

db.createCollection(name, options)

>use test

switched to db test

>db.createCollection("mycollection")

{ "ok" : 1 }

> 

>show collections

mycollection

system.indexes>db.createCollection("mycol", { capped : true, autoIndexID : true, size : 6142800, max : 10000 } )

{ "ok" : 1 }

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