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Madhuban Khatri
Madhuban Khatri

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MongoDB for Beginners

#mongodb #nosql #beginners #cloud

Hello Friends,
In this post, I will show how to use Basic Commands of MongoDB.

What is MongoDB ?

MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. MongoDB is developed by MongoDB Inc. and licensed under the Server Side Public License which is deemed non-free by several distributions.

What is MongoDB Compass

MongoDB Compass is a powerful GUI for querying, aggregating, and analyzing your MongoDB data in a visual environment. Compass is free to use and source available, and can be run on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

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We will use the following commands in MongoDB Compass.

Create database 

use courses
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Show all databases 

show dbs
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Delete the database 

db.dropDatabase()
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Show all the collections in current db 

show collections
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Create a new collection 

db.createCollection("<collection_name>")
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Delete a collection 

db.courses.drop()
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Insert A Row in collection 

db.courses.insertOne({"course": "MCA", "college": "MBM"})
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Insert many rows in collection (table) 

db.courses.insertMany([{"course": "BSC", "college": "SBK"}, {"course": "BCA", "college": "JNVU"}])
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Get all the rows from collection 

db.courses.find()
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Searching specific rows in collection 

db.courses.find({"courses": "MCA"})
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Get the number of rows in collection 

db.courses.find().size()
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Get limited records from collection 

db.courses.find().limit(2)
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Ascending / Descending sorting 

db.courses.find().sort({"course": 1})   // Ascending order
db.courses.find().sort({"course": -1})  // Descending order
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Get only one record 

db.courses.findOne({"course": "MCA"})
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Update only one record in collection 

db.courses.updateOne({"course": "MCA"}, {$set: {"course": "MBA"}})
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Update Multiple records in collection 

db.courses.updateMany({"course": "MCA"}, {$set: {"course": "MBA", "college": "JNVU"}})
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Delete a record 

db.courses.deleteOne({"course": "MCA"})
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Delete multiple records 

db.courses.deleteMany({"course": "MCA", "course": "MBM"})
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Commands Explanation
use courses Create a Database
show dbs Show all database
db.dropDatabase() Delete Database
show collections Show the collections in DB
db.createCollection("") Create a collection
db.courses.drop() Delete a collection
db.courses.insertOne({"course": "MCA", "college": "MBM"}) Insert a row in collection
db.courses.insertMany([{"course": "BSC", "college": "SBK"}, {"course": "BCA", "college": "JNVU"}]) Insert many rows
db.courses.find() Fetch all rows
db.courses.find({"courses": "MCA"}) Fetch specific row
db.courses.find().size() Number of rows in the collection
db.courses.find().limit(2) Fetch Limited rows
db.courses.find().sort({"course": 1}) Ascending order
db.courses.find().sort({"course": -1}) Descending order
db.courses.findOne({"course": "MCA"}) Get only one record
db.courses.updateOne({"course": "MCA"}, {$set: {"course": "MBA"}}) Update only one record in collection
db.courses.updateMany({"course": "MCA"}, {$set: {"course": "MBA", "college": "JNVU"}}) Update multiple records in collection
db.courses.deleteOne({"course": "MCA"}) Delete a specific record
db.courses.deleteMany({"course": "MCA", "course": "MBM"}) Delete multiple records

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