Syntax error In MongoDB will limit() increase query speed?

In MongoDB will limit() increase query speed?



No, using LIMIT() decreases the bandwidth consumption and it does not increase query speed. Let us see an example and create a collection with documents −

> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"Chris"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afde803d395bdc21346d8")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"Bob"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afdef03d395bdc21346d9")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"David"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afdf203d395bdc21346da")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"Sam"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afdf603d395bdc21346db")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"Mike"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afdf903d395bdc21346dc")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"Carol"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afe1603d395bdc21346dd")
}
> db.demo197.insertOne({"Name":"John"});
{
   "acknowledged" : true,
   "insertedId" : ObjectId("5e3afe2003d395bdc21346de")
}

Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method −

> db.demo197.find();

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afde803d395bdc21346d8"), "Name" : "Chris" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdef03d395bdc21346d9"), "Name" : "Bob" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdf203d395bdc21346da"), "Name" : "David" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdf603d395bdc21346db"), "Name" : "Sam" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdf903d395bdc21346dc"), "Name" : "Mike" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afe1603d395bdc21346dd"), "Name" : "Carol" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afe2003d395bdc21346de"), "Name" : "John" }

Following is the query using LIMIT() −

> db.demo197.find().limit(4);

This will produce the following output −

{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afde803d395bdc21346d8"), "Name" : "Chris" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdef03d395bdc21346d9"), "Name" : "Bob" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdf203d395bdc21346da"), "Name" : "David" }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5e3afdf603d395bdc21346db"), "Name" : "Sam" }
Updated on: 2020-03-27T10:04:51+05:30

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