Can't access collection from the shell - SyntaxError: missing ; before statement (shell):1
Question: I wrote a script that uses mongoimport to load csv files into mongodb. When I
run this for two similar csv files (of the same type) both upload fine,
however I can only access one of them from the mongodb shell. Here is a
transcript of a mongodb shell session:

    
    
    > show collections
    3mLgQAYJCq6_20110802
    eTByWMY7zO6_20110802NonUniCode
    system.indexes
    > db.3mLgQAYJCq6_20110802
    Thu Aug 18 18:44:49 SyntaxError: missing ; before statement (shell):1
    > db.eTByWMY7zO6_20110802NonUniCode
    vh.eTByWMY7zO6_20110802NonUniCode
    

However, I can access both collections from a python script and using
mongoexport. I suspect there is a problem with the 3mLgQAYJCq6_20110802 file
but I don't know where to start looking. Any ideas?


Answer: This works for me when my collection names include special characters:

    
    
    db["3mLgQAYJCq6_20110802"].findOne();
    

