Databases · Junior · Question 56 of 75

What does 'schemaless' mean for a document database?

1The data has no structure at all
✓Correct answer: The database doesn't enforce a fixed structure, so the application must handle documents of different shapes
3You can't create indexes

Explanation

The schema still exists, just in your code ('schema on read'). MongoDB can also validate documents with JSON Schema rules.

Further reading

MongoDB: Data modeling ↗

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