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dropRole¶
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Definition¶
- dropRole¶
Deletes a user-defined role from the database on which you run the command.
The dropRole command uses the following syntax:
{ dropRole: "<role>", writeConcern: { <write concern> } }
The dropRole command has the following fields:
Field Type Description dropRole string The name of the user-defined role to remove from the database. writeConcern document Optional. The level of write concern for the removal operation. The writeConcern document takes the same fields as the getLastError command.
Example¶
The following operations remove the readPrices role from the products database:
use products
db.runCommand(
{
dropRole: "readPrices",
writeConcern: { w: "majority" }
}
)
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