How can all collections be queried in MongoDB?
In MongoDB, you can use the method db.getCollectionNames() to query all collections. Here are the steps to query all collections:
- Open the MongoDB command line terminal or graphical user interface tool like MongoDB Compass.
- Connect to the MongoDB database.
- Retrieve the names of all collections in the database.
Additionally, if you are using MongoDB version 4.0 or higher, you can also use the following command to query all collections:
db.listCollections()
This will return a cursor object containing all collection information. You can use the toArray() method to convert the cursor object into an array for viewing the query results.
Note: If you have not created any collections, the query result will be an empty array.