ArangoDB: Get the collection by name

‘db._collection(collectionName)’ method is used to get collection by name. This method return null, if no collection exists with given name.

Example

var analyzerColleciton = db._collection("_analyzers")

127.0.0.1:8529@_system> db._collections()
[ 
  [ArangoCollection 19, "_analyzers" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 34, "_appbundles" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 31, "_apps" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 22, "_aqlfunctions" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 43, "_fishbowl" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 37, "_frontend" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 7, "_graphs" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 28, "_jobs" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 40, "_modules" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 25, "_queues" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 10, "_statistics" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 13, "_statistics15" (type document, status loaded)], 
  [ArangoCollection 16, "_statisticsRaw" (type document, status loaded)] 
]

127.0.0.1:8529@_system> var analyzerColleciton = db._collection("_analyzers")

127.0.0.1:8529@_system> analyzerColleciton
[ArangoCollection 19, "_analyzers" (type document, status loaded)]

 

 

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