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= getCollection() =
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[[MongoDB Driver Function Reference]]


Gets a collection by its name.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the [[https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.getCollection/index.html|MongoDB Manual]].

db.getCollection("col") //can be substituted by using// db.col.


[[[@cG

db.getCollection(<name>)

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

|@t0@r0@c0 <name> | | Collection name. |

]]]


**Return Value**

[[[@w

Returns a collection.

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

db.getCollection("employees").find();

]]]

Gets the //employees// collection and calls the find() method on the collection.




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