How to get rid of Error: “OverwriteModelError: Cannot overwrite `undefined` model once compiled.”?

Question

I have a common method for updating document of any collection in MongoDB?

The following code is in file name Deleter.js

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Answer 1

I think you have instantiated mongoose.Model() on the same schema twice. You should have created each model only once and have a global object to get a hold of them when need

I assume you declare different models in different files under directory $YOURAPP/models/

$YOURAPPDIR/models/
 - index.js
 - A.js
 - B.js

index.js

module.exports = function(includeFile){
    return require('./'+includeFile);
};

A.js

module.exports = mongoose.model('A', ASchema);

B.js

module.exports = mongoose.model('B', BSchema);

in your app.js

APP.models = require('./models');  // a global object

And when you need it

// Use A
var A = APP.models('A');
// A.find(.....

// Use B
var B = APP.models('B');
// B.find(.....