Is it possible to create temporary collection in mongoDB like temp table in sql server?

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cs1985 picture cs1985 · Aug 23, 2016 · Viewed 11.2k times · Source

I Want to create a temp collection in mongodb just like temp table in Sql Server.If it is possible then please let me know how can I do this.

Answer

sergiuz picture sergiuz · Aug 23, 2016

No there are no temporary collections.

You may have a look at capped collections which "are fixed-size collections" and they behave like this: "once a collection fills its allocated space, it makes room for new documents by overwriting the oldest documents in the collection."

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