MongoDB collection hyphenated name
collections, mongodb
Solution
Use this syntax:
db['repl-failOver'].find({})
or
db.getCollection('repl-failOver').find({})
You can find more information in the Executing Queries section of the manual:
If the mongo shell does not accept the name of the collection, for instance if the name contains a space, hyphen, or starts with a number, you can use an alternate syntax to refer to the collection, as in the following:
db["3test"].find()
db.getCollection("3test").find()
Problem
I'm using Node.js program to insert data into a MongoDB database. I have inserted data into a collection named "repl-failOver". ``` var mongoClient = require("mongodb").MongoClient; mongoClient.connect("mongodb://localhost:30002/test", function(err, db) { if (err) throw err; db.collection("repl-failOver").insert( { "documentNumber" : document++}, function (err, doc) { if (err) throw err; console.log(doc); }); db.close(); }); ``` When I use the Mongo shell and list down the collections in the database using `show collections` I am able to see the collection "repl-failOver". How do I run a find command from the mongo shell for this collection?