Use of Delete query in MongoDB
Delete specific rows from the MongoDB
Delete specific data from tables(collection)
--In SQL query
DELETE FROM employees WHERE status = "D"
--In MongDB Query:
db.employees.remove( { status: "D" } )
Example:
Delete records from employees table which having status column value equal to N
-- Remove from employee collection
db.employees.remove( { status: "N" } )
Output:
WriteResult({ "nRemoved" : 1 })
Delete all data from table(collection)
Remove all data from MongoDB
-- In SQL Query in RDBMS
DELETE FROM employees;
-- In MongoDB query:
db.employees.remove({})