Databases & collections in MongoDB
basic · MongoDB — Documents & data modeling
Collection in MongoDB A collection is a group of documents. It is similar to a table in SQL databases Stores multiple documents Does not require a fixed schema Each document can have different structure users // collection name Field in MongoDB A field is a key-value pair inside a document . It is similar to a column in SQL { name: "Rahul", age: 25, city: "Hyderabad" } Relation Between Them Collection → contains multiple documents Document → contains multiple fields Database ↓ Collection (like users) ↓ Documents ↓ Fields (name, age, etc.)