| IMongoCollectionExtensionsCountTDocument Method (IMongoCollectionTDocument, ExpressionFuncTDocument, Boolean, CountOptions, CancellationToken) | 
 
            Counts the number of documents in the collection.
            
 
    Namespace: 
   MongoDB.Driver
    Assembly:
   MongoDB.Driver (in MongoDB.Driver.dll) Version: 2.5.0+57.Branch.master.Sha.6a4e00a2d91090c65a9b11364b9ebfdb9c7da076
 Syntax
Syntaxpublic static long Count<TDocument>(
	this IMongoCollection<TDocument> collection,
	Expression<Func<TDocument, bool>> filter,
	CountOptions options = null,
	CancellationToken cancellationToken = null
)
<ExtensionAttribute>
Public Shared Function Count(Of TDocument) ( 
	collection As IMongoCollection(Of TDocument),
	filter As Expression(Of Func(Of TDocument, Boolean)),
	Optional options As CountOptions = Nothing,
	Optional cancellationToken As CancellationToken = Nothing
) As Long
[<ExtensionAttribute>]
static member Count : 
        collection : IMongoCollection<'TDocument> * 
        filter : Expression<Func<'TDocument, bool>> * 
        ?options : CountOptions * 
        ?cancellationToken : CancellationToken 
(* Defaults:
        let _options = defaultArg options null
        let _cancellationToken = defaultArg cancellationToken null
*)
-> int64 
Parameters
- collection
- Type: MongoDB.DriverIMongoCollectionTDocument
 The collection.
- filter
- Type: System.Linq.ExpressionsExpressionFuncTDocument, Boolean
 The filter.
- options (Optional)
- Type: MongoDB.DriverCountOptions
 The options.
- cancellationToken (Optional)
- Type: System.ThreadingCancellationToken
 The cancellation token.
Type Parameters
- TDocument
- The type of the document.
Return Value
Type: 
Int64
            The number of documents in the collection.
            
Usage Note
In Visual Basic and C#, you can call this method as an instance method on any object of type 
IMongoCollectionTDocument. When you use instance method syntax to call this method, omit the first parameter. For more information, see 
Extension Methods (Visual Basic) or 
Extension Methods (C# Programming Guide).
 See Also
See Also