How can I rename table names and column names in mysql

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If only a few changes are necessary, you can just go through a web administration tool like phpAdmin.

If you have many names to change, you could write a script (possibly even generate a script by a tool) and execute it like this:

mysql DATABASENAME -uUSERNAME -pPASSWORD <SCRIPTFILE

The script would contain the SQL commands as shown here:

	alter table orgs change o_id org_id int(11); alter table orgs change o_name org_name varchar(64); rename table orgs organizations;

Comments:

2007-01-29, 00:15:31

anonymous from India

thanks i have used it

2007-02-28, 09:12:57

anonymous from United States

Exactly what I needed - thanks

2007-05-16, 23:05:29

anonymous from India

Thanks

2007-06-11, 23:22:50

anonymous

2007-12-10, 01:36:20   (updated: 2007-12-10, 01:37:02)

anonymous from Spain

just be aware... if your table is large this can take a very long time!!! (its not just a matter of changing column names - mysql has to mess about with EVERY row). PS. i am not in Spain (go figure?!)

2008-01-09, 23:28:15

saeid.zebardast@gmail.com from Tehran, Iran

Thanks

2008-03-27, 08:56:16

anonymous from Germany

thx

2008-05-20, 12:27:40

anonymous from United States

a good tip.. thanks

2008-05-25, 08:18:14   (updated: 2008-05-25, 08:18:41)

dd from United States

Thanks, helped a lot since I am just learning SQL and using mySQL.

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