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Saturday, June 1, 2013

CREATE INDEX vs ENSURE INDEX

When creating an INDEX in many database systems we use, CREATE INDEX statement. However, in MongoDB command is ensureIndex. Reason for this is, ensureIndex will ensure there is an index on given attribute. CREATE INDEX will create an index on given columns for given index name.

Also, if you execute CREATE INDEX twice second execution will fail. However, in ensureIndex multiple execution will not fail.

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