createCollection()

MongoDB Driver Function Reference

Creates a collection.
More information can be found in the corresponding entry of the MongoDB Manual.

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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