Error renaming Mongodb collection

Question

When trying to execute:

db.site-09-15-17-19.renameCollection('site-09-18-17')

I get:

E QUERY    SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL

I am not sure what I did wrong here.. I can use the site-09-15-17-19 collection just fine, just can't rename it.

Have you tried with " instead of ' ? – Erica Grant Sep 21 '17 at 17:05 — Erica Grant, Sep 21 '17 at 17:05
and db.site-09-15-17-19.find() returns results as expected? – Erica Grant Sep 21 '17 at 17:08 — Erica Grant, Sep 21 '17 at 17:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 21 '17 at 17:41

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You can use runCommand to rename collection. Before you run the command change to admin db

use admin
db.runCommand({renameCollection:"testdb.site-09-15-17-19",to:"testdb.site-09-18-17"})

answered Sep 21 '17 at 17:41

JavaProgrammer12

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