Added authSource configuration to the "Start from Scratch" section fo…

…r MongoDB. (#6231) * Update 100-connect-your-database-typescript-mongodb.mdx Added authSource in start from scratch section of MongoDB * Update MongoDB connection string to include authSource=admin
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@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ Here's a short explanation of each component:
 - `HOST`: The host where a [`mongod`](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongod/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongod) (or [`mongos`](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongos/#mongodb-binary-bin.mongos)) instance is running
 - `PORT`: The port where your database server is running (typically `27017` for MongoDB)
 - `DATABASE`: The name of the database
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+If you see the following error: `Error in connector: SCRAM failure: Authentication failed.`, you can specify the source database for the authentication by adding `?authSource=admin` to the end of the connection string. See [this GitHub discussion](https://github.com/prisma/prisma/discussions/9994#discussioncomment-1562283) for additional details.