Expiring documents at a given time using the TTL index
In the previous recipe, Expiring documents after a fixed interval using the TTL index, we have seen how documents can expire after a fixed time period. However, there can be some cases where we might want to have documents expiring at different times. This is not what we saw in the previous recipe. In this recipe, we will see how we can specify the time that the document can expire and it might be different for different documents.
Getting ready
For this recipe, we will create a collection called ttlTest2. We will require a server to be up and running. Refer to the Installing single node MongoDB recipe from Chapter 1, Installing and Starting the Server for instructions on how to start the server. ...
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