Creating and Managing Databases

Procedure

1. Create database info.

   use info

   Enter db. If the following information is displayed, the database is opened.

   info

2. Insert a data record into the database.

   db.user.insert({"name": "joe"})

   

   Implicit collection is a collection that is created after data is inserted. To create a collection (table), you must insert a document (record) to make the collection creation take effect.

3. View the database

   To view all databases, run the following command:

   show dbs

   The command output is as follows:

   admin   0.000GB
   config  0.000GB
   info    0.000GB
   local   0.083GB

4. Delete the database. Run the following command to delete the info database:

   db.dropDatabase()

   The database is deleted if the following information is displayed:

   {"dropped" : "info", "ok" : 1}