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  1. Documentation
  2. DOCS-13640

Correction in "Databases and Collections" page

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      The web page https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/core/databases-and-collections/ says the following:

      In MongoDB, databases hold collections of documents.

      This is not correct. "collections" hold collections of documents (ie., records). databases hold collections of "collections"

      That's the difficulty of using a generic term ("collection") for a specific meaning ("set of documents"). I guess even the person writing the documentation got it confused.

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            Assignee:
            dave.cuthbert@mongodb.com Dave Cuthbert (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            benjamingslade@gmail.com Benjamin Slade
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              3 years, 36 weeks, 1 day ago