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      type="topic"
      style="function"
      xmlns:api="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/api/"
      xmlns:ui="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/ui/"
      id="mongoc_database_create_collection">


  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="mongoc_database_t" group="function"/>
  </info>
  <title>mongoc_database_create_collection()</title>

  <section id="synopsis">
    <title>Synopsis</title>
    <synopsis><code mime="text/x-csrc"><![CDATA[mongoc_collection_t *
mongoc_database_create_collection (mongoc_database_t *database,
                                   const char        *name,
                                   const bson_t      *options,
                                   bson_error_t      *error);
]]></code></synopsis>
  </section>

  <section id="parameters">
    <title>Parameters</title>
    <table>
      <tr><td><p>database</p></td><td><p>A <link xref="mongoc_database_t">mongoc_database_t</link>.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>name</p></td><td><p>The name of the new collection.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>options</p></td><td><p>An optional bson_t for options to the <code>createDatabase</code> command.</p></td></tr>
      <tr><td><p>error</p></td><td><p>A location for a <link xref="bson_error_t">bson_error_t</link> or <code>NULL</code>.</p></td></tr>
    </table>
  </section>

  <section id="errors">
    <title>Errors</title>
    <p>Errors are propagated via the <code>error</code> parameter.</p>
  </section>

  <section id="return">
    <title>Returns</title>
    <p>This function returns a newly allocated <link xref="mongoc_collection_t">mongoc_collection_t</link> upon success, <code>NULL</code> upon failure and <code>error</code> is set.</p>
  </section>

</page>
