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

ALTER TABLE old_table_name RENAME new_table_name;

or

RENAME TABLE old_table_name TO new_table_name;

Answer 2

ALTER TABLE `group` RENAME `member`

group is keyword so you must have to enclose into group

Answer 3

Without giving the database name the table is can't be renamed in my case, I followed the below command to rename the table.

RENAME TABLE current_db.tbl_name TO current_db.tbl_name;

Answer 4

Rename a table in MySQL :

ALTER TABLE current_name RENAME new_name;