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SQL RENAME TABLE

In some situations, database administrators and users want to change the name of the table in the SQL
database because they want to give a more relevant name to the table.

Any database user can easily change the name by using the RENAME TABLE and ALTER TABLE
statement in Structured Query Language.

The RENAME TABLE and ALTER TABLE syntax help in changing the name of the table.

Syntax of RENAME statement in SQL

RENAME old_table _name To new_table_name ;

Examples of RENAME statement in SQL

Here, we have taken the following two different SQL examples, which will help you how to change the
name of the SQL table in the database using RENAME statement:

Example 1: Let's take an example of a table named Cars:

Car Name Car Color Car Cost

Hyundai Creta White 10,85,000

 Hyundai Venue White 9,50,000

Hyundai i20 Red 9,00,000

Kia Sonet White 10,00,000

Kia Seltos Black 8,00,000

Swift Dezire Red 7,95,000

Table: Cars

Suppose, you want to change the above table name into "Car_2021_Details". For this, you have to
type the following RENAME statement in SQL:

RENAME Cars To Car_2021_Details ;

After this statement, the table "Cars" will be changed into table name "Car_2021_Details".

Example 2: Let's take an example of a table named Employee:

Emp_Id Emp_Name Emp_Salary Emp_City

201 Abhay 25000 Goa

202 Ankit 45000 Delhi

203 Bheem 30000 Goa

204 Ram 29000 Goa

205 Sumit 40000 Delhi

Table: Employee

Suppose, you want to change the name of the above table into the "Coding_Employees". For
this, you have to type the following RENAME statement in SQL:

RENAME Employee To Coding_Employees ;

After this statement, the table "Employee" will be changed into the table name
"Coding_Employees".

Syntax of ALTER TABLE statement in SQL

ALTER TABLE old_table_name RENAME TO new_table_name;

In the Syntax, we have to specify the RENAME TO keyword after the old name of the table.

Examples of ALTER TABLE statement in SQL

Here, we have taken the following three different SQL examples, which will help you how to change the
name of the table in the SQL database using ALTER TABLE statement:

Example 1: Let's take an example of a table named Bikes:

Bike_Name Bike_Color Bike_Cost

KTM DUKE Black 185,000

Royal Enfield Black NULL

Pulsar Red 90,0000

 Apache White NULL

Livo Black 80,000

KTM RC Red 195,000

Table : Bikes

Suppose, you want to change the name of the above table into "Bikes_Details" using ALTER
TABLE statement. For this, you have to type the following query in SQL:

ALTER TABLE Bikes RENAME TO Bikes_Details ;

After this statement, the table "Bikes" will be changed into the table name "Bikes_Details".

Example 2: Let's take an example of a table named Student:

Stu_ID Stu_Name Stu_Marks

1001 Abhay 85

1002 Ankit 75

1003 Bheem 60

1004 Ram 79

1005 Sumit 80

Table : Student

Suppose, you want to change the name of the above table into "MCA_Student_Details" using
ALTER TABLE statement. For this, you have to type the following query in SQL:

ALTER TABLE Student RENAME TO MCA_Student_Details ;

After this statement, the table "Student" will be changed into table name "MCA_Student_Details".

Example 3: Let's take an example of a table named Employee:

 Emp_Id Emp_Name Emp_Salary Emp_City

201 Abhay 25000 Goa

202 Ankit 45000 Delhi

203 Bheem 30000 Goa

204 Ram 29000 Goa

205 Sumit 40000 Delhi

Table: Employee

Suppose, you want to change the name of the above table into the "Coding_Employees" using
an ALTER TABLE statement. For this, you have to type the following query in SQL:

ALTER TABLE Employee RENAME To Coding_Employees ;

After this statement, the table "Employee" will be changed into the table name "Coding_Employees".

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