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osherdo
osherdo

Reputation: 568

Cannot return a collection data in mongoDB shell

I am trying to return a collection data in mongoDB shell. These are the commands I have entered in the MongoDB shell:

> **show dbs**
local     0.000GB
messages  0.000GB
restapi   0.000GB
> **use restapi**
switched to db restapi
> **show collections**
messages
> **restapi.messages.find()**

The error:

2017-02-26T19:03:50.024+0200 E QUERY [thread1] ReferenceError: restapi is not defined :`

To show that I do have records in the messages collection, I am attaching a screenshot:

RoboMongo screenshot

Why can't I view the collection contents?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 327

Answers (1)

Araphel
Araphel

Reputation: 307

db is a keyword, not the db name. Try db.messages.find() If you want proper JSON, try db.messages.find().pretty()

Upvotes: 2

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