# Getting DocumentAlreadyExistsEngineException?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-documentalreadyexistsengineexception/7536
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 2, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-documentalreadyexistsengineexception/7536 "2012-05-02T12:07:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Sam\_4](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sam_4)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-documentalreadyexistsengineexception/7536/1 "2012-05-02T12:07:41Z")
Hi
I am using Rabbitmq river for creating an index.i am using one index
idx\_masterdatabase,having many index type.if any index type will exist i
will delete that index type and create new index with different data.for
deleting an index type i am using delete mapping \<
[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/admin-indices-delete-mapping.html)\>.used
java code gist as
[https://gist.github.com/2576109](https://gist.github.com/2576109) ,also i got the log message on server
console that is remove\_mapping [type\_test8\*]\*,but when i'm sending another
request to create index with same index type name i got the following
exception which i mention on following gist \<[DocumentAlreadyExistsEngineException · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/2576048)
> .
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- \*please send me some solution for above exception.
Thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-documentalreadyexistsengineexception/7536/2 "2017-07-06T03:30:21Z")