How to get the Mongo database specified in connection string in C#

Question

I would like to connect to the database specified in the connection string, without specifying it again in GetDatabase.

For example, if I have a connec

Answer 1

The answer below is apparently obsolete now, but works with older drivers. See comments.

If you have the connection string you could also use MongoDatabase directly:

var db =  MongoDatabase.Create(connectionString);
var coll = db.GetCollection("MyCollection");