Changing the name of a SQL database

Question

What is the correct procedure to rename a database?

Example: I have a database that I can access with SQL Server Management Studio and has a name like \"MyDatabase\". Ph

Answer 1

There are several ways to make this change, however to rename the physical database files at operating system level you will have to take the database offline

sp_renamedb 'olddatabasename','newdatabasename'

but make sure database is not in use.