MongoDB - SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

Question

Am trying to run this simple query and am getting

"SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL".

db.Bookdetail.insert({
      "Subject":"Book Details",
      "Details": [
        {
          "Book Id"："001",
          "Book Name"："C# step by step",
          "Book Description"："Programming book on C#"
        },
        {
          "Book Id"："002",
          "Book Name"："Head First Java",
          "Book Description"："Programming Book on Java"
        }, 
        {
          "Book Id"："003",
          "Book Name"："Steve Jobs",
          "Book Description"："biography of Jobs"
        }
      ]
    });

it seems you copied the query from invalid source, the colon character is not proper. — Amit Shah
– Amit Shah, Commented Feb 24, 2016 at 7:52

zangw · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 08:01:09Z

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It seems that the : in "Book Id"："001" is invalid. Per your code, the ：in "Book Id"："001" is full width letter, which is invalid character for JS

edited Feb 24, 2016 at 8:01

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 7:43

zangw

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Bramenath Over a year ago

Hi it's not invalid. I have entered the same format many times. There is some other minor issue. cannot find it.

zangw Over a year ago

@Bramenath, per the code posted in your question the : of "Book Id"："001" is different with the : of "Subject":"Book Details" obviously. please check it again.

Amit Shah · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-24 07:51:33Z

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please use this code.

db.Bookdetail.insert({
      "Subject":"Book Details",
      "Details": [
        {
          "Book Id":"001",
          "Book Name":"C# step by step",
          "Book Description":"Programming book on C#"
        },
        {
          "Book Id":"002",
          "Book Name":"Head First Java",
          "Book Description":"Programming Book on Java"
        }, 
        {
          "Book Id":"003",
          "Book Name":"Steve Jobs",
          "Book Description":"biography of Jobs"
        }
      ]
    });

It seems you copied query form the source, it has invalid character.

Thanks

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 7:51

Amit Shah

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Amit Shah Over a year ago

@Bramenath please mark the answers and correct mark so that community can follow the right answers straight away.

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