How can we modify the document's _id?

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Hi all,

Assume I insert a new document with the desired value to be its _id, which
means I don't need to find the document first when I need to modify its
field.
But if the _id is designed by the document's property and the property
changes, can the _id support be changed without deleting or re-indexing?

BTW, if I use the one of the document's field as _id by setting :

"_id" : { "path": "book_id" }

inside the schema.

When I update one document's book_id field, does the document's _id change
at the same time?

Ideas?

Regards,

Ivan

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In your above example, the document's id (_id) is generated the first time
from the book_id value (assuming you don't specify the id part in the REST
call). After that, any updates to the book_id value will only change the
book_id, i.e., the document's id will not change. If you want to change the
document's id, the best way is to delete the document and then index it
back with a different id.

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