Connect to MongoDB® using the MongoDB C++ interface and drop an existing collection.
Create a MongoDB connection to the database mongotest
using the MongoDB C++ interface. Here, the database server dbtb01
hosts this database using port number 27017
.
conn = connection with properties:
Database: "mongotest"
UserName: ""
Server: "dbtb01"
Port: 27017
CollectionNames: [14×1 string]
conn
is the connection
object that contains the MongoDB connection. The object properties contain information about the connection and the database.
The database name is mongotest
.
The user name is blank.
The database server is dbtb01
.
The port number is 27017
.
This database contains 14 document collections.
Verify the MongoDB connection.
The database connection is successful because the isopen
function returns 1. Otherwise, the database connection is closed.
Display the collections in the database before dropping a collection by using the CollectionNames
property.
ans = 14×1 string
"dateissue"
"product"
"timestamps"
"restaurants"
"employees"
"bsontest"
"taxidata"
"airlinesmall"
"largedata"
"patients"
"genderMeanAge"
"escalation"
"nyctaxi"
"tsunamis"
Drop an existing collection from the database by using the MongoDB connection. Specify the collection name taxidata
.
Display the collections in the database again by using the CollectionNames
property. The database no longer contains the collection taxidata
.
ans = 13×1 string
"dateissue"
"product"
"timestamps"
"restaurants"
"employees"
"bsontest"
"airlinesmall"
"largedata"
"patients"
"genderMeanAge"
"escalation"
"nyctaxi"
"tsunamis"
Close the MongoDB connection.