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

There is no good answer here. Because there is no schema, you can't 'describe' the collection. In many (most?) MongoDb applications, however, the schema is defined by the structure of the object hierarchy used in the writing application (java or c# or whatever), so you may be able to reflect over the object library to get that information. Otherwise there is a bit of trial and error.