SQL Server/T-SQL Tutorial/System Functions/sp rename

EXEC sp_rename "T", "T_old"

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2> IF EXISTS(SELECT name FROM sys.tables 3> WHERE name = "T") 4> BEGIN 5> PRINT "T already." 6> DROP TABLE T_old 7> EXEC sp_rename "T", "T_old" 8> END 9> ELSE PRINT "No T already." 10> 11> CREATE TABLE T ( 12> c1 bigint, 13> c2 nvarchar(max) 14> ) 15></source>

sp_rename department, subdivision

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6> 7> CREATE TABLE employee( 8> id INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, 9> first_name VARCHAR(10), 10> last_name VARCHAR(10), 11> salary DECIMAL(10,2), 12> start_Date DATETIME, 13> region VARCHAR(10), 14> city VARCHAR(20), 15> managerid INTEGER 16> ); 17> GO 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (1, "Jason" , "Martin", 5890,"2005-03-22","North","Vancouver",3); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (2, "Alison", "Mathews",4789,"2003-07-21","South","Utown",4); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (3, "James" , "Smith", 6678,"2001-12-01","North","Paris",5); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (4, "Celia" , "Rice", 5567,"2006-03-03","South","London",6); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (5, "Robert", "Black", 4467,"2004-07-02","East","Newton",7); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (6, "Linda" , "Green" , 6456,"2002-05-19","East","Calgary",8); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (7, "David" , "Larry", 5345,"2008-03-18","West","New York",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (8, "James" , "Cat", 4234,"2007-07-17","West","Regina",9); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> INSERT INTO employee VALUES (9, "Joan" , "Act", 6123,"2001-04-16","North","Toronto",10); 2> GO (1 rows affected) 1> 2> select * from employee; 3> GO id first_name last_name salary start_Date region city managerid

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         1 Jason      Martin          5890.00 2005-03-22 00:00:00.000 North      Vancouver                      3
         2 Alison     Mathews         4789.00 2003-07-21 00:00:00.000 South      Utown                          4
         3 James      Smith           6678.00 2001-12-01 00:00:00.000 North      Paris                          5
         4 Celia      Rice            5567.00 2006-03-03 00:00:00.000 South      London                         6
         5 Robert     Black           4467.00 2004-07-02 00:00:00.000 East       Newton                         7
         6 Linda      Green           6456.00 2002-05-19 00:00:00.000 East       Calgary                        8
         7 David      Larry           5345.00 2008-03-18 00:00:00.000 West       New York                       9
         8 James      Cat             4234.00 2007-07-17 00:00:00.000 West       Regina                         9
         9 Joan       Act             6123.00 2001-04-16 00:00:00.000 North      Toronto                       10

(9 rows affected) 1> 2> sp_rename employee, subdivision 3> 4> 5> drop table subdivision; 6> GO Caution: Changing any part of an object name could break scripts and stored procedures. 1> 2></source>