You can use update command along with forEach() for large collection. Let us first create a collection with documents>db.addingNewPropertyDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"John", "StudentAge":23, "CountryName":"US"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5ca1e61866324ffac2a7dc56") } >db.addingNewPropertyDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"David", "StudentAge":21, "CountryName":"AUS"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5ca1e62366324ffac2a7dc57") } >db.addingNewPropertyDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Bob", "StudentAge":21, "CountryName":"UK"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5ca1e62d66324ffac2a7dc58") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.addingNewPropertyDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{    "_id" : ObjectId("5ca1e61866324ffac2a7dc56"),    "StudentName" : "John",    "StudentAge" : 23,    "CountryName" : "US" } {    "_id" : ... Read More

In order to terminate a MongoDB shell script earlier, you need to use quit. Following is the syntaxquit() quit(1)Let us create a script and try to write quit() or quit(1) in shell. At first, we will create the following collection with documents> db.flightInformation.insertOne({"FlightName":"Flight-1", "ArrivalTime":new ISODate("2019-03-12")}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5ca1e341e941bbb0e8bf5639") } > db.flightInformation.insertOne({"FlightName":"Flight-2", "ArrivalTime":new ISODate("2019-03-31")}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5ca1e351e941bbb0e8bf563a") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.flightInformation.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{    "_id" : ObjectId("5ca1e341e941bbb0e8bf5639"),    "FlightName" : "Flight-1",   ... Read More

To rename column name in a collection, you can use $rename operator. Following is the syntaxdb.yourCollectionName.update({}, {$rename: {'yourOldColumName': 'yourNewColumnName'}}, false, true);Let us first create a collection with documents:> db.renamingColumnNameDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Larry", "Age":23}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ee2c6d628fa4220163b9a") } > db.renamingColumnNameDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Sam", "Age":26}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ee2d0d628fa4220163b9b") } > db.renamingColumnNameDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Robert", "Age":27}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ee2dbd628fa4220163b9c") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.renamingColumnNameDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{    "_id" : ObjectId("5c9ee2c6d628fa4220163b9a"),    "StudentName" : "Larry",    "Age" : 23 ... Read More

You can use aggregate() method for this. Let us first create a collection with documents> db.averageAggregationDemo.insertOne({"PlayerGameScore":45}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ed66bd628fa4220163b95") } > db.averageAggregationDemo.insertOne({"PlayerGameScore":55}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ed671d628fa4220163b96") } > db.averageAggregationDemo.insertOne({"PlayerGameScore":65}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ed676d628fa4220163b97") } > db.averageAggregationDemo.insertOne({"PlayerGameScore":35}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ed67bd628fa4220163b98") } > db.averageAggregationDemo.insertOne({"PlayerGameScore":16}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ed701d628fa4220163b99") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.averageAggregationDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{ "_id" : ObjectId("5c9ed66bd628fa4220163b95"), "PlayerGameScore" ... Read More

To store query result (a single document) into a variable, you can use var. Following is the syntaxvar anyVariableName=db.yourCollectionName.find().limit(1); yourVariableName; //Print the records;Let us first create a collection with documents> db.storeQueryResultDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Chris", "ClientAge":23}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ecf8fd628fa4220163b8d") } > db.storeQueryResultDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Robert", "ClientAge":21}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ecf97d628fa4220163b8e") } > db.storeQueryResultDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Sam", "ClientAge":25}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ecf9ed628fa4220163b8f") } > db.storeQueryResultDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Mike", "ClientAge":26}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ecfa8d628fa4220163b90") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.storeQueryResultDemo.find().pretty();This will produce ... Read More

Let us first create a collection and add some documents to it> db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":10}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9aad628fa4220163b87") } > db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":100}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9add628fa4220163b88") } > db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":45}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9b0d628fa4220163b89") } > db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":55}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9b3d628fa4220163b8a") } > db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":5}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9b7d628fa4220163b8b") } > db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":7}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec9bad628fa4220163b8c") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.twoRandomDocumentDemo.find();This ... Read More

To check if field is a number in MongoDB, use the $type operator. Following is the syntaxdb.yourCollectionName.find({youtFieldName: {$type:"number"}}).pretty();Let us first create a collection with documents> db.checkIfFieldIsNumberDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"John", "StudentAge":23}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec75dd628fa4220163b83") } >db.checkIfFieldIsNumberDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Chris", "StudentMathScore":98, "StudentCountryName":"US"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec77cd628fa4220163b84") } >db.checkIfFieldIsNumberDemo.insertOne({"StudentName":"Robert", "StudentCountryName":"AUS"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec7a4d628fa4220163b85") } >db.checkIfFieldIsNumberDemo.insertOne({"StudentId":101, "StudentName":"Larry", "StudentCountryName":"AUS"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9ec7ccd628fa4220163b86") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.checkIfFieldIsNumberDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{    "_id" : ... Read More

In order to build multiple indexes at once, you need to use createIndexes() and pass multiple keys into an array. Following is the query for building multiple indexes at once.>db.multipleIndexesDemo.createIndexes([{"First":1}, {"Second":1}, {"Third":1}, {"Fourth":1}, {"Fifth":1}]);This will produce the following output{    "createdCollectionAutomatically" : true,    "numIndexesBefore" : 1,    "numIndexesAfter" : 6,    "ok" : 1 }Now get all the indexes> db.multipleIndexesDemo.getIndexes();This will produce the following output[    {       "v" : 2,       "key" : {          "_id" : 1       },       "name" : "_id_",       ... Read More

You can use $elemMatch operator for this. Let us create a collection with documents> db.getDocumentsByTagsDemo.insertOne({"Tags":["Tag-1", "Tag-2", "Tag-3"]}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb4d5d628fa4220163b79") } > db.getDocumentsByTagsDemo.insertOne({"Tags":["Tag-2", "Tag-4", "Tag-5"]}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb4d5d628fa4220163b7a") } > db.getDocumentsByTagsDemo.insertOne({"Tags":["Tag-6", "Tag-4", "Tag-3"]}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb4d6d628fa4220163b7b") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.getDocumentsByTagsDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{    "_id" : ObjectId("5c9eb4d5d628fa4220163b79"),    "Tags" : [       "Tag-1",       "Tag-2",       "Tag-3"    ] } ... Read More

You need to use $exists operator to determine whether a field exists in MongoDB. Let us first create a collection with documents> db.determineFieldExistsDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"John"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb245d628fa4220163b75") } > db.determineFieldExistsDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Larry", "ClientAge":23}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb25cd628fa4220163b76") } > db.determineFieldExistsDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Mike", "ClientCountryName":"UK"}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb26fd628fa4220163b77") } > db.determineFieldExistsDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Sam", "ClientAge":24}); {    "acknowledged" : true,    "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c9eb286d628fa4220163b78") }Following is the query to display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method> db.determineFieldExistsDemo.find().pretty();This will produce the following output{ "_id" : ObjectId("5c9eb245d628fa4220163b75"), "ClientName" : "John" ... Read More