createCollection()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Creates a collection.

db.createCollection(name[, <options>])

Arguments

name		Collection name
<options>		A BOSN document specifying options

Options

{ capped: collation: <document>, <boolean>, size: <number>, max: <number>, storageEngine: <document>,
validationLevel: <string>, validationAction: <string>, indexOptionDefaults: <document> }

collation		A document specifying the collation
capped		Creates a capped collection. Must also specify size (default: false)
size		Specifies the size of a capped collection
max		Specifies the maximum number of documents in a capped collection
storageEngine		Specifies a storage engine
indexOptionDefaults		Specifies the default index options

Example

db.createCollection("employees");

Creates a collection named employees.

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