# MongoDB river drop DB

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mongodb-river-drop-db/10328>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 14, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mongodb-river-drop-db/10328 "2013-01-14T08:40:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wei\_Hao\_Tan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wei_hao_tan/32/2524_2.png) [@Wei\_Hao\_Tan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wei_Hao_Tan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mongodb-river-drop-db/10328/1 "2013-01-14T08:40:36Z")

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Hi, I currently have a river that is attached to my MongoDB database. I was  
just wondering, if I were to execute a drop command on my  
database/collection, would the river fail? Will I need to delete and set up  
the river again?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mongodb-river-drop-db/10328/2 "2017-07-06T02:56:40Z")

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