--The following example renames the column TerritoryID in the table Sales.SalesTerritory to TerrID in the AdventureWorks database.
EXEC sp_rename 'Sales.SalesTerritory.TerritoryID', 'TerrID', 'COLUMN';
SELECT NAME AS "Employee Name" FROM PEOPLE;
SELECT p.NAME AS "Employee Name", s.SALARY AS "Employee Salary"
FROM PEOPLE p
JOIN SALARIES s ON p.ID = s.ID;
sp_rename 'table_name.old_column', 'new_name', 'COLUMN';