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Mongo and Umongo

Command line and

GUI Client for MongoDB

Mongo Command Line

• Run in a command line shell – use ‘cmd’ in windows

• Run by typing mongo

• Type mongo --host mqr1.cs.stir.ac.uk

–u (username) –p (password) (dbname)

• You can try it online here

• http://try.mongodb.org/

• Use the up arrow key to move through history of commands

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UMongo

• GUI Client for MongoDB

• Free

• Does most simple things you’d want

• Lacks a simple command line! Use the mongo

command line

• A better tool is MongoVUE

– Free for single users – so put it on your own

machine

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Connect

Create a Collection

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Import a File

Examine Collection Contents

• Leave all blank to list

everything

• Type a query to limit

search

• Choose fields to return

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Examine a Document

Count

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Distinct

Group

function(obj,out){ out.count += 1; }

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Group

function(out){ out.av = out.totpop/out.count; }

Create Index1

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MapReduce1

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3 function(key,values){

var depts="";

values.forEach(function(v){depts+=v});

return depts;

}