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


Gets a database. This allows commands being executed on databases other than the current one.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the [[https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/method/db.getSiblingDB/index.html|MongoDB Manual]].


[[[@cG

db.getSiblingDB(<name>)

]]]


**Arguments**

[[[@w

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

]]]


**Return Value**

[[[@w

Returns a database.

]]]


**Example**

[[[@cw

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

]]]

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






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