JavaMadeSoEasy.com (JMSE): Drop index on fields in collection in MongoDB

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1) Indexing in collection (table) in mongoDB >

Let's create collection and insert records in it before indexing>

> db.employee.insert({empId : 1, firstName:"ankit"})

> db.employee.insert({empId : 2, firstName:"sam"})

First line above will create table (or collection) (if collection already exists it will insert records in it).

1.6) Now, let’s create index on field empId >

> db.employee.ensureIndex({empId : 1})

Now, index have been created on field empId.

Here 1 is to create index in ascending order.

You can also use -1 is to create index in descending order.

2) Drop index on fields in collection >

> db.employee.dropIndex({empId:1});

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