How to change the type of a field?

Question

I am trying to change the type of a field from within the mongo shell.

I am doing this...

db.meta.update(
  {\'fields.properties.default\': { $type :         


        

Answer 1

To convert int32 to string in mongo without creating an array just add "" to your number :-)

db.foo.find( { 'mynum' : { $type : 16 } } ).forEach( function (x) {   
  x.mynum = x.mynum + ""; // convert int32 to string
  db.foo.save(x);
});