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

.nf
.nf
char **
mongoc_database_get_collection_names (mongoc_database_t *database,
                                      bson_error_t      *error);
.fi
.fi

Fetches a
.B NULL
terminated array of
.B NULL-byte
terminated
.B char*
strings containing the names of all of the collections in
.B database
.

.SH "PARAMETERS"

.TP
.B
database
A
.B mongoc_database_t
.
.LP
.TP
.B
error
An optional location for a
.B bson_error_t
or
.B NULL
.
.LP

.SH "ERRORS"

Errors are propagated via the
.B error
parameter.

.SH "RETURNS"

A
.B NULL
terminated array of
.B NULL
terminated
.B char*
strings that should be freed with
.B bson_strfreev(3)
. Upon failure,
.B NULL
is returned and
.B error
is set.

.SH "EXAMPLES"

.nf
{
   bson_error_t error;
   char **strv;
   unsigned i;

   if ((strv = mongoc_database_get_collection_names (database, &error))) {
      for (i = 0; strv [i]; i++)
         printf ("%s\en", strv [i]);
      bson_strfreev (strv);
   } else {
      fprintf (stderr, "Command failed: %s\en", error.message);
   }
}
.fi


.B
.SH COLOPHON
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