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How to remove one 'document' by 'ID' using the Official C# Driver for MongoDB?

Can someone please show me, if there is a better way to remove one document from MongoDB using the Official C# Driver than what I have below-

var query = Query.EQ("_id", a.Id);
database.GetCollection<Animal>("Animal").Remove(query);

This code works, but seems too much work to me. The "Save" command for example- takes an instance and updates it. I want something like- Remove(item).

Remarks: I'm trying to use the official driver of C# rather than NoRM or Samus which seems out of date.

Solution

  • That's the way you do it. I'm sure you know this, but if you want to put it on one line you could combine it so you don't need to define a query variable:

    collection.Remove(Query.EQ("_id", a.Id));