meteor collection query in mongo console

Question

I have a peer set up the collection's name to

UserSettings = new Mongo.Collection("user-settings");

When I tried to query in MongoDB console, I am not able to do

 db.user-settings.find()

i get this error :-

ReferenceError: settings is not defined

How should I query a collection's name with dash?

Thanks

Does this answer your question? [How do I reference a javascript object property with a hyphen in it?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7122609/how-do-i-reference-a-javascript-object-property-with-a-hyphen-in-it) — Henke, Jan 29 '21 at 10:50

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '16 at 09:49

This is because user-settings is not a valid identifier in JavaScript and as such cannot be used to access the field using the dot notation.

It is actually interpreted as 2 expressions with a minus (-) operator between them.

You can use db.getCollection('user-settings') to get it.

score 5 · Answer 2 · answered May 03 '16 at 09:55

5

@MasterAM is right, the other way could be

db["user-settings"].find()

answered May 03 '16 at 09:55

Harpreet Singh

Yepp, or that (known as "bracket notation") :) BTW, consider using an underscore (`_`) instead of the dash to make it a valid identifier. – MasterAM May 03 '16 at 11:10

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