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MongoDB CRUD Tutorials

The following tutorials provide instructions for querying and modifying data. For a higher-level overview of these operations, see MongoDB CRUD Operations.

Insert Documents
Insert new documents into a collection.
Query Documents
Find documents in a collection using search criteria.
Limit Fields to Return from a Query
Limit which fields are returned by a query.
Iterate a Cursor in the mongo Shell
Access documents returned by a find query by iterating the cursor, either manually or using the iterator index.
Analyze Query Performance
Analyze the efficiency of queries and determine how a query uses available indexes.
Modify Documents
Modify documents in a collection
Remove Documents
Remove documents from a collection.
Perform Two Phase Commits
Use two-phase commits when writing data to multiple documents.
Create Tailable Cursor
Create tailable cursors for use in capped collections with high numbers of write operations for which an index would be too expensive.
Isolate Sequence of Operations
Use the <isolation> isolated operator to isolate a single write operation that affects multiple documents, preventing other operations from interrupting the sequence of write operations.
Create an Auto-Incrementing Sequence Field
Describes how to create an incrementing sequence number for the _id field using a Counters Collection or an Optimistic Loop.
Limit Number of Elements in an Array after an Update
Use $push with various modifiers to sort and maintain an array of fixed size after update