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lines changed Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change @@ -29,14 +29,15 @@ of time or at a specific clock time. Data expiration is useful for certain types
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like machine generated event data, logs, and session information that
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only need to persist in a database for a finite amount of time.
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- To create a TTL index, use the :method:`db.collection.createIndex()`
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- method with the ``expireAfterSeconds`` option on a field whose value is
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- either a :ref:`date <document-bson-type-date>` or an array that
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- contains :ref:`date values <document-bson-type-date>`.
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+ To create a TTL index, use the :method:`~db.collection.createIndex()`
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+ method on a field whose value is either a :ref:`date
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+ <document-bson-type-date>` or an array that contains :ref:`date values
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+ <document-bson-type-date>`, and specify the ``expireAfterSeconds``
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+ option with the desired TTL value in seconds.
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For example, to create a TTL index on the ``lastModifiedDate`` field of
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- the ``eventlog`` collection, use the following operation in the
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- :binary:`~bin.mongo` shell:
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+ the ``eventlog`` collection, with a TTL value of ``3600`` seconds, use
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+ the following operation in the :binary:`~bin.mongo` shell:
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