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mongodbHow to rename a MongoDB collection?


MongoDB collections can be renamed using the renameCollection() method.

db.collection.renameCollection("newCollectionName")

This method takes two parameters:

  1. The current collection name
  2. The new collection name

The output of the above example code will be:

{ "ok" : 1 }

This indicates that the collection has been successfully renamed.

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