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Thursday 17 January 2013

Rename a Table/Column


CREATE TABLE OLD_TABLE (ID INT, NAME VARCHAR(10))

--To rename a table
EXEC SP_RENAME
@OBJNAME= 'TABLE_NAME',
@NEWNAME = 'NEW_TABLE_NAME'

Eg:
EXEC SP_RENAME
@OBJNAME= 'OLD_TABLE',
@NEWNAME = 'NEW_TABLE'

or

EXEC SP_RENAME 'OLD_TABLE', 'NEW_TABLE'


--To rename a column in a table
EXEC SP_RENAME
@OBJNAME= 'NEW_TABLE.ID',
@NEWNAME = 'NEW_ID',
@OBJTYPE = 'COLUMN'

or

EXEC SP_RENAME 'NEW_TABLE.ID', 'NEW_ID','COLUMN'

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