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db.collection.dataSize()¶
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db.collection.
dataSize
()¶ mongo
Shell MethodThis page documents the
mongo
shell method, and does not refer to the MongoDB Node.js driver (or any other driver) method. For corresponding MongoDB driver API, refer to your specific MongoDB driver documentation instead.Returns: The size in bytes of the collection. Data compression
does not affect this value.This method provides a wrapper around the
size
output of thecollStats
(i.e.db.collection.stats()
) command.