Documents and Collections •CRUD EBNF Definitions provides a complete list of operations. 3848 To work with the collections in a schema, use the  db  global object to access the current schema. In this example we are using the  world_x  schema imported previously, and the  countryinfo  collection. The  dropCollection()  method is also used in MySQL Shell to drop a relational table from a schema. mysql-js>  db.dropCollection("flags") To drop an existing collection from a schema, use the  db  object’s  dropCollection()  method. For example, to drop the  flags  collection from the current schema, issue: To display all collections in the  world_x  schema, use the  db  object’s  getCollections()  method. Collections returned by the server you are currently connected to appear between brackets. The method returns a collection object. mysql-js>  db.createCollection("flags") <Collection:flags> To create a new collection in an existing schema, use the  db  object’s  createCollection()  method. The following example creates a collection called  flags  in the  world_x  schema. mysql-js>  \use world_x If the schema value is not  Schema:world_x , then set the  db  variable by issuing: mysql-js>  db To show the value that is assigned to the schema variable, issue: In MySQL Shell, you can create new collections, get a list of the existing collections in a schema, and remove an existing collection from a schema. Collection names are case-sensitive and each collection name must be unique. 20.3.3.1 Create, List, and Drop Collections Confirm the Schema Create a Collection Related Information 20.3.3.2 Working with Collections Drop a Collection List Collections mysql-js>  db.getCollections() [ <Collection:countryinfo>, <Collection:flags> ] •See Collection Objects for more examples.