MongoDB SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell)

Question

When I try to call the methods of a collection, why I am getting the error:

SyntaxError: missing; before statement @(shell)

The following is my implementation:

$ mongo

MongoDB shell version: 3.2.8

connecting to: test

Welcome to the MongoDB shell.

For interactive help, type "help".

For more comprehensive documentation, see

    http://docs.mongodb.org/

Questions? Try the support group

    http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user

Server has startup warnings: 

2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] 

2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'.

2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to 'never'

2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] 

2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag is 'always'.

2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to 'never'

2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] 

> show dbs

mydb   0.000GB

local  0.000GB

> use mydb

switched to db mydb

> show collections

201607012

> db

mydb

> mydb.201607012.find()

2016-08-04T12:10:23.826-0400 E QUERY    [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:4

> db.201607012.find()

2016-08-04T12:10:29.000-0400 E QUERY    [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2

> db.201607012.find()

2016-08-04T12:11:09.115-0400 E QUERY    [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2

> db.201607012.stats()

2016-08-04T12:13:06.022-0400 E QUERY    [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2

Answer 1

In MongoDB, the name of the collection has to start with an underscore or a letter character. This is the rule for naming the collection in MongoDB. And you are naming your collection as numbers. So you have to change the name of your collection. 

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