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How to change a table name using an SQL query?

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How do you rename a record in SQL?

ALTER TABLE table_name RENAME TO new_table_name; Columns can be also be given new name with the use of ALTER TABLE. QUERY: Change the name of column NAME to FIRST_NAME in table Student.


Use sp_rename:

EXEC sp_rename 'Stu_Table', 'Stu_Table_10'

You can find documentation on this procedure on MSDN.

If you need to include a schema name, this can only be included in the first parameter (that is, this cannot be used to move a table from one schema to another). So, for example, this is valid:

EXEC sp_rename 'myschema.Stu_Table', 'Stu_Table_10'

In MySQL :-

RENAME TABLE `Stu Table` TO `Stu Table_10`

In Postgress SQL:

Alter table student rename to student_details;

Please use this on SQL Server 2005:

sp_rename old_table_name , new_table_name

it will give you:

Caution: Changing any part of an object name could break scripts and stored procedures.

but your table name will be changed.