RENAME command is used to change the name of a MySQL table. Its syntax is as follows −
RENAME table old_tablename to new_tablename2;
Example
In the example below, we rename the table ‘testing’ to ‘test’.
mysql> RENAME table testing to test; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.17 sec) mysql> Select * from testing; ERROR 1146 (42S02): Table 'query.testing' doesn't exist mysql> Select * from test; +-----+---------+ | id1 | Name | +-----+---------+ | 1 | Harshit | | 2 | Lovkesh | | 3 | MOHIT | | 4 | MOHIT | +-----+---------+ 4 rows in set (0.02 sec)