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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions source/fundamentals.txt
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Time Series Collections </fundamentals/time-series>
In-Use Encryption </fundamentals/encrypt-fields>
Search Geospatially </fundamentals/geo>
Replica Set Operations </fundamentals/read-write-configuration>

- :ref:`Connecting to MongoDB <csharp-connection>`
- :ref:`csharp-db-coll`
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.. _csharp-read-write-config:

====================================
Configure Operations on Replica Sets
====================================

.. contents:: On this page
:local:
:backlinks: none
:depth: 2
:class: singlecol

.. facet::
:name: genre
:values: reference

.. meta::
:keywords: configuration, availability, causal consistency, code example

Overview
--------

In this guide, you can learn how to use the **write concern**, **read concern**,
and **read preference** configurations to modify the way that MongoDB runs
create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) operations on replica sets.

You can set these configurations at the following levels:

1. Client, which sets the default for all operation executions unless overridden
#. Transaction
#. Database
#. Collection

This list is in increasing order of precedence. For example, if you set
read concerns at both the client and the database levels, the read
concern specified at the database level overrides the read concern at the
client level.

Write Concern
-------------

Write concern specifies the level of acknowledgement requested from MongoDB for
write operations before the operation successfully returns. Operations that
don't specify an explicit write concern inherit the global default write concern
setting.

You can set the write concern by setting the ``WriteConcern`` option on a
``MongoClientSettings``, ``MongoDatabaseSettings``, or ``MongoCollectionSettings`` object,
or by using the ``WithWriteConcern()`` method of a client, database, or collection instance.

The ``WriteConcern`` option and ``WithWriteConcern()`` method both accept a
``WriteConcern`` instance as a parameter. You can specify the write concern by
using one of the following values:

- ``WriteConcern.Acknowledged``: The write operation returns after the operation
is written to memory.
- ``WriteConcern.W1``: The write operation returns after only the primary node acknowledges
the write operation, without waiting for acknowledgement from secondary nodes.
- ``WriteConcern.W2``: The write operation returns after the primary node and
at least one secondary node acknowledge the write operation.
- ``WriteConcern.W3``: The write operation returns after the primary node and
at least two secondary nodes acknowledge the write operation.
- ``WriteConcern.WMajority``: The write operation returns after a majority of the
replica set members acknowledge the write operation.
- ``WriteConcern.Unacknowledged``: The write operation returns after the primary
node processes the write operation.

The following example sets the write concern to ``WriteConcern.WMajority`` for an instance of
``MongoClient``:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-write-concern-client
:end-before: end-write-concern-client
:language: csharp
:dedent:

The following example sets the write concern to ``WriteConcern.WMajority`` for a collection:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-write-concern-collection
:end-before: end-write-concern-collection
:language: csharp
:dedent:

.. note:: Collections and Databases are Immutable

``IMongoDatabase`` and ``IMongoCollection`` instances are immutable. When you

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IMongoClient instances are also immutable as you can't modify settings after creating them. If you need to apply different settings to an IMongoClient, IMongoDatabase, or IMongoCollection, you must use one of the With* methods. These methods are designed to always return new instances with the specified settings. I recommend updating this note to reflect this information.

set the write concern on a database or collection, the method returns a new
instance and does not affect the original instance.

For more information about write concern, see :manual:`Write Concern
</reference/write-concern/>` in the {+mdb-server+} manual.

Read Concern
------------

Read concern specifies the following behaviors:

- Level of :manual:`causal consistency
</core/causal-consistency-read-write-concerns>` across replica sets
- :manual:`Isolation guarantees </core/read-isolation-consistency-recency/>` maintained
during a query

You can specify the read concern by setting the ``ReadConcern`` option on a
``MongoClientSettings``, ``MongoDatabaseSettings``, or ``MongoCollectionSettings`` object,
or by using the ``WithReadConcern()`` method on a client, database, or collection.

The ``ReadConcern`` option and ``WithReadConcern()`` method both accept a single parameter
that specifies the read concern level.

You can set the following read concern levels:

- ``ReadConcern.Local``: The query returns the instance's most recent data. Provides no guarantee
that the data has been written to a majority of the replica set members.
- ``ReadConern.Available``: The query returns the instance's most recent data.
Provides no guarantee that the data has been written to a majority of the
replica set members. ``ReadConcern.AVAILABLE`` is not available for use with
causally consistent sessions and transactions.
- ``ReadConcern.Majority``: The query returns data that has been acknowledged by
a majority of the replica set members.
- ``ReadConcern.Linearizable``: The query returns data that reflects all
successful writes that completed before the start of the read operation.
``ReadConcern.Linearizable`` is not available for use with causally consistent
sessions and transactions.
- ``ReadConcern.Snapshot``: The query returns majority-committed data as it appears across shards, from a
specific single point in the recent past.

For more information about the read concern levels, see :manual:`Read Concern
Levels </reference/read-concern/#read-concern-levels>` in the {+mdb-server+}
manual.

The following example sets the read concern to ``ReadConcern.Majority`` for an instance of
``MongoClient``:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-read-concern-client
:end-before: end-read-concern-client
:language: csharp
:dedent:

The following example sets the read concern to ``ReadConcern.Majority`` for a
collection:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-read-concern-collection
:end-before: end-read-concern-collection
:language: csharp
:dedent:

To learn more about read concern, see :manual:`Read Concern
<reference/read-concern>` in the {+mdb-server+} manual.

Read Preference
---------------

Read preference determines which member of a replica set MongoDB reads when
running a query. You can set the read preference by setting the ``ReadPreference`` option on a
``MongoClientSettings``, ``MongoDatabaseSettings``, or ``MongoCollectionSettings`` object,
or by using the ``WithReadPreference()`` method on a client, database, or collection.

The ``ReadPreference`` option and ``WithReadPreference()`` method accept a read
preference mode as a parameter. You can set the read preference mode to one of
the following values:

- ``ReadPreference.Primary``: The query returns data from the primary node.
- ``ReadPreference.PrimaryPreferred``: The query returns data from the primary node if
available. Otherwise, the query returns data from a secondary node.
- ``ReadPreference.Secondary``: The query returns data from a secondary node.
- ``ReadPreference.SecondaryPreferred``: The query returns data from a secondary node if
available, Otherwise, the query returns data from the primary node.
- ``ReadPreference.Nearest``: The query returns data from the node with the lowest
network latency.

The following example sets the read preference to ``ReadPreference.Secondary``
for an instance of ``MongoClient``:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-read-preference-client
:end-before: end-read-preference-client
:language: csharp
:dedent:

The following example sets the read preference to ``ReadPreference.Secondary`` for a collection:

.. literalinclude:: /includes/fundamentals/code-examples/ReplicaSetConfigs.cs
:start-after: start-read-preference-collection
:end-before: end-read-preference-collection
:language: csharp
:dedent:

For more information about read preference, see :manual:`Read Preference
</core/read-preference/>` in the {+mdb-server+} manual.

API Documentation
-----------------

To learn more about any of the types discussed in this
guide, see the following API documentation:

- `MongoClientSettings <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.MongoClientSettings.html>`__
- `MongoDatabaseSettings <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.MongoDatabaseSettings.html>`__
- `MongoCollectionSettings <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.MongoCollectionSettings.html>`__
- `WriteConcern <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.WriteConcern.html>`__
- `ReadConcern <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.ReadConcern.html>`__
- `ReadPreference <{+new-api-root+}/MongoDB.Driver/MongoDB.Driver.ReadPreference.html>`__
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using MongoDB.Bson;
using MongoDB.Driver;

public class ReplicaSetConfigs
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
var client = new MongoClient("mongodb://localhost:27017");
{
// start-write-concern-client
var mongoClientSettings = MongoClientSettings.FromConnectionString("<connection string URI>");
mongoClientSettings.WriteConcern = WriteConcern.WMajority;
var mongoClient = new MongoClient(mongoClientSettings);
// end-write-concern-client
}

{
var database = client.GetDatabase("test");
// start-write-concern-collection
var collection = database.GetCollection<BsonDocument>("<collection name>")
.WithWriteConcern(WriteConcern.WMajority);
// end-write-concern-collection
}

{
// start-read-concern-client
var mongoClientSettings = MongoClientSettings.FromConnectionString("<connection string URI>");
mongoClientSettings.ReadConcern = ReadConcern.Majority;
var mongoClient = new MongoClient(mongoClientSettings);
// end-read-concern-client
}

{
var database = client.GetDatabase("test");
// start-read-concern-collection
var collection = database.GetCollection<BsonDocument>("<collection name>")
.WithReadConcern(ReadConcern.Majority);
// end-read-concern-collection
}

{
// start-read-preference-client
var mongoClientSettings = MongoClientSettings.FromConnectionString("<connection string URI>");
mongoClientSettings.ReadPreference = ReadPreference.Secondary;
var mongoClient = new MongoClient(mongoClientSettings);
// end-read-preference-client
}

{
var database = client.GetDatabase("test");
// start-read-preference-collection
var collection = database.GetCollection<BsonDocument>("<collection name>")
.WithReadPreference(ReadPreference.Secondary);
// end-read-preference-collection
}
}
}
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