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If my application uses multiple databases or tenants, how can I manage multiple Mongoose connections?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can use <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">mongoose.createConnection(&#8230;)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to create separate connection instances (each with its own models). Another pattern is using <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">connection.useDb()<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to switch databases on the same connection, optionally with caching. Be careful about open connection limits (especially on Atlas). Use the \u201cschema export and model initialization per connection\u201d pattern to avoid collision.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A: You can use mongoose.createConnection(&#8230;) to create separate connection instances (each with its own models). 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