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I'm preparing a database creation script in Node.js and Mongoose. How can I check if the database already exists, and if so, drop (delete) it using Mongoose? ...

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I've heard it said that multiline lambdas can't be added in Python because they would clash syntactically with the other syntax constructs in Python. I was thinking about this on the bus today and realized I couldn't think of a single Python construct that multiline lambdas clash with. Given that ...

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I have a table with a very large amount of rows. Duplicates are not allowed but due to a problem with how the rows were created I know there are some duplicates in this table. I need to eliminate the extra rows from the perspective of the key columns. Some other columns may have slightly different...

I've been reading and reading and still am confused on what is the best way to share the same database (MongoDb) connection across whole NodeJs app. As I understand connection should be open when app starts and reused between modules. My current idea of the best way is that server.js (main file wh...