How to rename a Stored JavaScript in MongoDB?

Question

Consider, I have a following Stored JavaScript in MongoDB

{_id: "sum",
 value: function (x, y) { return x + y; }}

It is been created by following command in MongoDB shell

db.system.js.save({_id: "sum",
value: function (x, y) { return x + y; }});

It can be run like:

db.eval("return sum(3, 5);");
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Question: I want to change the name of my Stored JavaScript sum to GetAddResult. How can I do this without creating new Stored JavaScript?

Update:
I tried the following command to rename it.

db.system.js.update({'_id':'sum'}, {'$set':{'_id':'GetAddResult'}});
Mod on _id not allowed

Mithun Satheesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-03 11:03:52Z

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You cannot update the _id field of a mongodb document. Its an immutable object and hence you cannot alter the Object Id after creation of a document.

But you can try adding a new document with the preffered _id you would like to have.

answered Apr 3, 2013 at 11:03

Mithun Satheesh

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