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please offer a way to delete the content of a collection

I wish there were a way to allow a user to delete the contents of a collection within a database, that allows the collection to continue. Essentially I want an easy way to empty a collection to allow new data to be filled in its place.

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  • Tomek commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Andrew,
    What about in old Mlab GUI "Delete all documents in collection" option? It is possible to truncate collection without dropping it?

    regards,
    Tomasz

  • AdminAndrew Davidson (VP, Cloud Products, MongoDB) commented  ·   ·  Report

    Hi Cameron,

    One "odd" thing about a collection in MongoDB is that the collection doesn't really exist when there's no data in it.

    Out of curiosity, what's the overall challenge here; in other words why can't you just start inserting data back into the collection namespace and be on your way?

    I have a feeling the issue may boil own to the index configuration on that collection: if so that does make some sense. Appreciate any more color you can provide.

    Thanks
    -Andrew

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