From 143c02940402ed46d5def2f00855bdced6793193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduardo Sorribas <eduardo@sorribas.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 01:42:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add docs for runCommand()

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 README.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

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 Note that you need to explicitly set the selection parameter in the `find` call.
 
+## Database commands
+
+With mongojs you can run database commands just like with the mongo shell using `db.runCommand()` 
+
+```js
+db.runCommand({ping:1}, function(err, result) {
+	if(!err && result.ok) console.log("we're up");
+});
+```
+
+or `db.collection.runCommand()`
+
+```js
+db.things.runCommand('count', {}, function(err, res) {
+	console.log(res);
+});
+```
+
 ## Replication Sets
 
 Mongojs can also connect to a mongo replication set by providing a connection string with multiple hosts