How To Rename Table Using MySQL RENAME TABLE Statement
Because business requirements change, we need torename the currenttableto a new one to better reflect the new situation. MySQL provides us with a very useful statement that changes the name of one or more tables.To change one or more tables, we use the RENAMETABLE statement as follows:
RENAMETABLE old_table_name TO new_table_name;
The old table( old_table_name) must exist,and the new table( new_table_name) must not.If the new table new_table_name does exist, the statement will fail.In addition to the tables, we can use the RENAMETABLE statement torename views.