How to change the shard key

mongodb sharding
Bill picture Bill · Jul 8, 2011 · Viewed 9.5k times · Source

I Know that impossible to change shard key. But, when I set incorrect shard key, How to change that?

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Mike picture Mike · Jul 8, 2011

dump the collection you sharded.. import it again.. set the new shard key.

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