MongoDB's use DATABASE_NAME
command is used to create database.
The command will create a new database, if it doesn't exist. Otherwise it will return the existing database.
Basic syntax of use DATABASE statement is as follows:
use DATABASE_NAME
Run mongo.exe to start the client.
To create a database with name mydb
,
then use DATABASE
statement would be as follows:
>use mydb
switched to db mydb
To check your currently selected database use the command db
>db mydb
To check your databases list, then use the command show dbs.
>show dbs local 0.72222GB test 0.22222GB
Empty database (mydb) is not present in list. To display database, insert some data into it.
>db.movie.insert({"name":"java2s.com"}) >show dbs local 0.72225GB mydb 0.22222GB test 0.23012GB
In mongodb default database is test. If you didn't create any database then collections will be stored in test database.