The “db” Object

db.name returns a collection object for the collection name.

The following methods exist on the _db object:

• db._databases()
• db._useDatabase(name)

Indexes

• db._dropIndex(index)

Properties

• db._isSystem()
• db._path()

• db._collections()
• db._drop(name)

AQL

• db._createStatement(query)
• db._explain(query)

Document

• db._document(object)
• db._replace(selector,data)

• db._view(name)
• db._createView(name, type, properties)

Global

• db._compact()
• db._engineStats()