Rename a table in MySQL

Question

Renaming a table is not working in MySQL

RENAME TABLE group TO member;

The error message is

Answer 1

RENAME TABLE tb1 TO tb2;

tb1 - current table name. tb2 - the name you want your table to be called.

Answer 2

You can use

RENAME TABLE `group` TO `member`;

Use back tick (`) instead of single quote (').

Answer 3

group is a keyword (part of GROUP BY) in MySQL, you need to surround it with backticks to show MySQL that you want it interpreted as a table name:

RENAME TABLE `group` TO `member`;

added(see comments)- Those are not single quotes.

Answer 4

group - is a reserved word in MySQL, that's why you see such error.

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds
        to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'group 
        RENAME TO member' at line 1

You need to wrap table name into backticks:

RENAME TABLE `group` TO `member`;

Answer 5

Try any of these

RENAME TABLE `group` TO `member`;

or

ALTER TABLE `group` RENAME `member`;

Answer 6

According to mysql docs: "to rename TEMPORARY tables, RENAME TABLE does not work. Use ALTER TABLE instead."

So this is the most portable method:

ALTER TABLE `old_name` RENAME `new_name`;