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validate¶
-
validate
¶ The
validate
command checks the contents of a namespace by scanning a collection’s data and indexes for correctness. The command can be slow, particularly on larger data sets:This command will validate the contents of the collection named
users
. You may also specify one of the following options:full: true
provides a more thorough scan of the data.scandata: false
skips the scan of the base collection- without skipping the scan of the index.
The
mongo
shell also provides a wrapper:Use one of the following forms to perform the full collection validation:
Warning
This command is resource intensive and may have an impact on the performance of your MongoDB instance.