MongoDB::Database

name

The name of the database.

collection_names

    my @collections = $database->collection_names;

Returns the list of collections in this database.

get_collection ($name)

    my $collection = $database->get_collection('foo');

Returns a MongoDB::Collection for the collection called $name within this database.

get_gridfs ($prefix?)

    my $grid = $database->get_gridfs;

Returns a MongoDB::GridFS for storing and retrieving files from the database. Default prefix is "fs", making "$grid->files" "fs.files" and "$grid->chunks" "fs.chunks".

See MongoDB::GridFS for more information.

drop

    $database->drop;

Deletes the database.

last_error($options?)

    my $err = $db->last_error({w => 2});

Finds out if the last database operation completed successfully. If the last operation did not complete successfully, returns a hash reference of information about the error that occured.

The optional $options parameter is a hash reference that can contain any of the following:

w

Guarantees that the previous operation will be replicated to "w" servers before this command will return success. See "MongoDB::Connection::w" for more information.

wtimeout

Milliseconds to wait for "w" copies of the data to be made. This parameter should generally be specified, as the database will otherwise wait forever if "w" copies cannot be made.

fsync

If true, the database will fsync to disk before returning.

j

If true, awaits the journal commit before returning. If the server is running without journaling, it returns immediately, and successfully.

"last_error" returns a hash with fields that vary, depending on what the previous operation was and if it succeeded or failed. If the last operation (before the "last_error" call) failed, either:

"err" will be set or

"errmsg" will be set and "ok" will be 0.

If "err" is "null" and "ok" is 1, the previous operation succeeded.

The fields in the hash returned can include (but are not limited to):

"ok"

This should almost be 1 (unless "last_error" itself failed).

"err"

If this field is non-null, an error occurred on the previous operation. If this field is set, it will be a string describing the error that occurred.

"code"

If a database error occurred, the relevant error code will be passed back to the client.

"errmsg"

This field is set if something goes wrong with a database command. It is coupled with "ok" being 0. For example, if "w" is set and times out, "errmsg" will be set to "timed out waiting for slaves" and "ok" will be 0. If this field is set, it will be a string describing the error that occurred.

"n"

If the last operation was an update, upsert, or a remove, the number of objects affected will be returned.

"wtimeout"

If the previous option timed out waiting for replication.

"waited"

How long the operation waited before timing out.

"wtime"

If "w" was set and the operation succeeded, how long it took to replicate to "w" servers.

"upserted"

If an upsert occured, this field will contain the new record's "_id" field. For upserts, either this field or "updatedExisting" will be present (unless an error occurred).

"updatedExisting"

If an upsert updated an existing element, this field will be "true". For upserts, either this field or "upserted" will be present (unless an error occurred).

See "w" in MongoDB::Connection for more information.

run_command ($command)

    my $result = $database->run_command({ some_command => 1 });

Runs a database command. Returns a string with the error message if the command fails. Returns the result of the command (a hash reference) on success. For a list of possible database commands, run:

    my $commands = $db->run_command({listCommands => 1});

There are a few examples of database commands in the "DATABASE COMMANDS" in MongoDB::Examples section.

See also core documentation on database commands: <http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/commands>.

eval ($code, $args?)

    my $result = $database->eval('function(x) { return "hello, "+x; }', ["world"]);

Evaluate a JavaScript expression on the Mongo server. The $code argument can be a string or an instance of MongoDB::Code. The $args are an optional array of arguments to be passed to the $code function.

"eval" is useful if you need to touch a lot of data lightly; in such a scenario the network transfer of the data could be a bottleneck. The $code argument must be a JavaScript function. $args is an array of parameters that will be passed to the function. For more examples of using eval see <http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Server-side+Code+Execution#Server-sideCodeExecution-Using{{db.eval%28%29}}>.