Create Database in MongoDB 2016-05-11 02:14
In MongoDB you do not need create database manually. MongoDB will create a new database if necessory. It is different from structure database. Open Mongo shell and type show dbs can show all database. Now there is only one database (local) in my computer.
MongoDB shell version: 3.2.5
connecting to: localhost:27017/test
> show dbs
local 0.078GB
Use use <new_database_name> command to switch database if you want save your data in this database. But now the new database is not created. The database is created when you insert some data in any collection of it. Try to run the commands like following.
> use new_database
switched to db new_database
> db.testCollection.insert({"name":"test"});
WriteResult({ "nInserted" : 1 })
When you add documents to a collection that does not exist, MongoDB will create it automatically. You can also create collection manually. I will show you how to create collection in next blog. Now the database is created successfully. Use show dbs you will get the result as following.
> show dbs
local 0.078GB
new_database 0.078GB