MongoDatabase.CreateCollection Method (String, IMongoCollectionOptions)

MongoDatabaseCreateCollection Method (String, IMongoCollectionOptions)

Creates a collection. MongoDB creates collections automatically when they are first used, so you only need to call this method if you want to provide non-default options.

Namespace: MongoDB.Driver
Assembly: MongoDB.Driver.Legacy (in MongoDB.Driver.Legacy.dll) Version: 2.2.0

Syntax

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public virtual CommandResult CreateCollection(
	string collectionName,
	IMongoCollectionOptions options
)

Public Overridable Function CreateCollection ( 
	collectionName As String,
	options As IMongoCollectionOptions
) As CommandResult

abstract CreateCollection : 
        collectionName : string * 
        options : IMongoCollectionOptions -> CommandResult 
override CreateCollection : 
        collectionName : string * 
        options : IMongoCollectionOptions -> CommandResult

Parameters

collectionName: Type: SystemString
The name of the collection.
options: Type: MongoDB.DriverIMongoCollectionOptions
Options for creating this collection (usually a CollectionOptionsDocument or constructed using the CollectionOptions builder).

Return Value

Type: CommandResult
A CommandResult.

Reference

MongoDatabase Class

CreateCollection Overload

MongoDB.Driver Namespace