How do I describe a collection in Mongo?

Question

So this is Day 3 of learning Mongo Db. I\'m coming from the MySql universe...

A lot of times when I need to write a query for a MySql table I\'m unfamiliar with, I woul

Answer 1

Type the below query in editor / mongoshell

var col_list= db.emp.findOne();
for (var col in col_list) { print (col) ; }

output will give you name of columns in collection :

_id
name
salary