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MongoDB Fundamentals

By : Amit Phaltankar, Juned Ahsan, Michael Harrison, Liviu Nedov
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MongoDB Fundamentals

By: Amit Phaltankar, Juned Ahsan, Michael Harrison, Liviu Nedov

Overview of this book

MongoDB is one of the most popular database technologies for handling large collections of data. This book will help MongoDB beginners develop the knowledge and skills to create databases and process data efficiently. Unlike other MongoDB books, MongoDB Fundamentals dives into cloud computing from the very start – showing you how to get started with Atlas in the first chapter. You will discover how to modify existing data, add new data into a database, and handle complex queries by creating aggregation pipelines. As you progress, you'll learn about the MongoDB replication architecture and configure a simple cluster. You will also get to grips with user authentication, as well as techniques for backing up and restoring data. Finally, you'll perform data visualization using MongoDB Charts. You will work on realistic projects that are presented as bitesize exercises and activities, allowing you to challenge yourself in an enjoyable and attainable way. Many of these mini-projects are based around a movie database case study, while the last chapter acts as a final project where you will use MongoDB to solve a real-world problem based on a bike-sharing app. By the end of this book, you'll have the skills and confidence to process large volumes of data and tackle your own projects using MongoDB.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Preface

Deleting Documents

In this section, we will see how to remove the documents from a collection. To delete one or more documents from a collection, we have to use one of the various delete functions provided by MongoDB. Each of these functions has different behaviors and purposes. To delete documents from a collection, we have to use one of the delete functions and provide a query condition to specify which documents should be deleted. Let's take a look at this in detail.

Deleting Using deleteOne()

As the name suggests, the function deleteOne() is used to delete a single document from a collection. It accepts a document representing a query condition. Upon successful execution, it returns a document containing the total number of documents deleted (represented by the field deletedCount) and whether the operation was confirmed (given by the field acknowledged). However, as the method deletes only one document, the value of deletedCount is always one. If the given query condition...