How can I rename a collection in MongoDB?

Question

Is there a dead easy way to rename a collection in mongo? Something like:

db.originalCollectionName.rename(\'newCollectionName\');

And if

Answer 1

Assume that the database name is "mytestdb" and collection name is "orders". collection name change to orders2015 The simplest way is,

> use mytestdb
> db.orders.renameCollection( "orders2015" )

Note : db.collection.renameCollection() is not supported on sharded collections.