Mongo shell - TypeError - not a function

Question

So I'm trying to tidy up my database.

I logged into shell, made a show collections request and then I wanted to delete some of those.

I used db.collection_name.drop() and it helped for a while. A dozen of collections were deleted successfully. But then I got to a collection called "stats".

db.stats.drop() brings error E QUERY [js] TypeError: db.stats.drop is not a function : @(shell):1:1

The only difference with previous successful drops is the collection name. So I'm guessing maybe it's a reserved word or something? How do I drop it? I thought shell is the best way to do such things.

try `getCollection`. `db.stats()` is a function. – Joe Nov 18 '21 at 10:12 — Joe, Nov 18 '21 at 10:12
Thanks! db.getCollection("stats").drop() worked! – Dmitriy M Nov 18 '21 at 10:57 — Dmitriy M, Nov 18 '21 at 10:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 18 '21 at 11:01

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db.getCollection("stats").drop() did the job

answered Nov 18 '21 at 11:01

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