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.TH "MONGOC_CLIENT_GET_DATABASE" "3" "2016\(hy10\(hy12" "MongoDB C Driver"
.SH NAME
mongoc_client_get_database() \- None
.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.nf
.nf
mongoc_database_t *
mongoc_client_get_database (mongoc_client_t *client,
                            const char      *name);
.fi
.fi

Get a newly allocated
.B mongoc_database_t
for the database named
.B name
.

.B NOTE
.RS
Databases are automatically created on the MongoDB server upon insertion of the first document into a collection. There is no need to create a database manually.
.RE

.SH "PARAMETERS"

.TP
.B
client
A
.B mongoc_client_t
.
.LP
.TP
.B
name
The name of the database.
.LP

.SH "RETURNS"

A newly allocated
.B mongoc_database_t
that should be freed with
.B mongoc_database_destroy(3)
when no longer in use.


.B
.SH COLOPHON
This page is part of MongoDB C Driver.
Please report any bugs at https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/CDRIVER.