The latest tutorials and articles on MongoDB, NoSQL and Studio 3T, our MongoDB GUI and IDE.
How to Use the MongoDB find() Method and Indexes to Find Data Quickly
If you aren’t happy with the performance of a MongoDB database, there are a number of things to look at, such as indexing strategies, database schema design issues, abnormal traffic load, network problems, inadequate available [...]
What’s New in Studio 3T 2018.3 | New SQL JOIN extensions, ES6 support, ‘save export settings’ button, MSI installer, and more.
Our most recent release, 2018.3.0, brings several sought after features and fixes to Studio 3T. Support for SQL joins The incredibly difficult is now majorly less difficult and a common feature from the SQL [...]
A Practical Introduction to MongoDB Views
In this article, I’ll introduce the idea of MongoDB views, and why you might want to use them. I’ll provide a small practice database that I first introduced in a previous article. The idea is [...]
How to Prepare Data Before Creating a MongoDB Collection
When you are importing data into a MongoDB database, a lot of work and frayed tempers can be saved by preparing data properly before you attempt to create a MongoDB collection. In this article, I’ll [...]
How to Create a MongoDB View
Creating a MongoDB View in Studio 3T Creating a MongoDB View from a SQL Query Simple SQL Queries (Not So) Simple SQL Queries In SQL databases, a view lets you pre-specify a query so that [...]
MongoDB, A Database with Porpoise
When you have a whale of a performance problem Before you get into dealing with the minutia of database performance, you have to stand back and ask the obvious questions like ‘do I actually need [...]
How to Investigate MongoDB Query Performance
When dealing with performance issues in any type of database, it usually pays to take a simple approach and deal with the queries that are causing the most problems first. MongoDB has some excellent features [...]
A Couple of MongoDB Limericks
Today is World Poetry Day, so we've taken a leaf out of Phil's book and wrote a couple of MongoDB limericks - executable and all - in JSON query syntax. Studio 3T, It Must Be db.companies.find({ [...]
How to Connect to Compose with Studio 3T
In this tutorial, we'll show you how to connect to your Compose-hosted MongoDB database with Studio 3T, the GUI for MongoDB. Prerequisites: Sign up for a Compose account through their free 30-day trial. Download our MongoDB [...]
MongoDB Schema Discovery and Exploration
One of the great things that we love about MongoDB is of course that it's schema-less, which makes adapting your application to changing requirements a breeze. That said, your data will often have a fixed implicit [...]