Creating Databases and Collections
Explore how to create databases and collections in MongoDB, insert single or multiple documents, and understand how MongoDB automatically manages collections. This lesson helps you build foundational skills for managing data using CRUD operations.
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A database in MongoDB is a container for collections, and a collection contains a group of documents. Before we can store data, we first need to create these structures.
Creating a database and collection
We don't need a special command to create a database in MongoDB. Simply, switch to a new database name using the use command as follows:
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