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[mysql] How do I quickly rename a MySQL database (change schema name)?

The MySQL manual at MySQL covers this.

Usually I just dump the database and reimport it with a new name. This is not an option for very big databases. Apparently RENAME {DATABASE | SCHEMA} db_name TO new_db_name; does bad things, exist only in a handful of versions, and is a bad idea overall.

This needs to work with InnoDB, which stores things very differently than MyISAM.

This question is related to mysql database innodb rename

The answer is

Simplest bullet-and-fool-proof way of doing a complete rename (including dropping the old database at the end so it's a rename rather than a copy):

mysqladmin -uroot -pmypassword create newdbname
mysqldump -uroot -pmypassword --routines olddbname | mysql -uroot -pmypassword newdbname
mysqladmin -uroot -pmypassword drop olddbname

Steps:

  1. Copy the lines into Notepad.
  2. Replace all references to "olddbname", "newdbname", "mypassword" (+ optionally "root") with your equivalents.
  3. Execute one by one on the command line (entering "y" when prompted).

The simple way

ALTER DATABASE `oldName` MODIFY NAME = `newName`;

or you can use online sql generator

For mac users, you can use Sequel Pro (free), which just provide the option to rename Databases. Though it doesn't delete the old DB.

once open the relevant DB just click: Database --> Rename database...

Emulating the missing RENAME DATABASE command in MySQL:

  1. Create a new database

  2. Create the rename queries with:

    SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE ',table_schema,'.',table_name,
    ' TO ','new_schema.',table_name,';')
FROM information_schema.TABLES
WHERE table_schema LIKE 'old_schema';

  3. Run that output

  4. Delete old database

It was taken from Emulating The Missing RENAME DATABASE Command in MySQL.

ALTER DATABASE is the proposed way around this by MySQL and RENAME DATABASE is dropped.

From 13.1.32 RENAME DATABASE Syntax:

RENAME {DATABASE | SCHEMA} db_name TO new_db_name;

This statement was added in MySQL 5.1.7, but it was found to be dangerous and was removed in MySQL 5.1.23.

Seems noone mentioned this but here is another way:

create database NewDatabaseName like OldDatabaseName;

then for each table do:

create NewDatabaseName.tablename like OldDatabaseName.tablename;
insert into NewDataBaseName.tablename select * from OldDatabaseName.tablename;

then, if you want to,

drop database OldDatabaseName;

This approach would have the advantage of doing the entire transfer on server with near zero network traffic, so it will go a lot faster than a dump/restore.

If you do have stored procedures/views/etc you might want to transfer them as well.

Emulating the missing RENAME DATABASE command in MySQL:

  1. Create a new database

  2. Create the rename queries with:

    SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE ',table_schema,'.',table_name,
    ' TO ','new_schema.',table_name,';')
FROM information_schema.TABLES
WHERE table_schema LIKE 'old_schema';

  3. Run that output

  4. Delete old database

It was taken from Emulating The Missing RENAME DATABASE Command in MySQL.

Seems noone mentioned this but here is another way:

create database NewDatabaseName like OldDatabaseName;

then for each table do:

create NewDatabaseName.tablename like OldDatabaseName.tablename;
insert into NewDataBaseName.tablename select * from OldDatabaseName.tablename;

then, if you want to,

drop database OldDatabaseName;

This approach would have the advantage of doing the entire transfer on server with near zero network traffic, so it will go a lot faster than a dump/restore.

If you do have stored procedures/views/etc you might want to transfer them as well.

If you are using phpMyAdmin then you just go to the mysql folder in the xamp, close phpMyAdmin and just rename the folder you just see there as your database name and just restart your phpMyAdmin. You can see that that database as renamed.

The simple way

Change to the database directory:

cd /var/lib/mysql/

Shut down MySQL... This is important!

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

Okay, this way doesn't work for InnoDB or BDB-Databases.

Rename database:

mv old-name new-name

...or the table...

cd database/

mv old-name.frm new-name.frm

mv old-name.MYD new-name.MYD

mv old-name.MYI new-name.MYI

Restart MySQL

/etc/init.d/mysql start

Done...

OK, this way doesn't work with InnoDB or BDB databases. In this case you have to dump the database and re-import it.

I've only recently came across a very nice way to do it, works with MyISAM and InnoDB and is very fast:

RENAME TABLE old_db.table TO new_db.table;

I don't remember where I read it but credit goes to someone else not me.

TodoInTX's stored procedure didn't quite work for me. Here's my stab at it:

-- stored procedure rename_db: Rename a database my means of table copying.
-- Caveats: 
-- Will clobber any existing database with the same name as the 'new' database name.
-- ONLY copies tables; stored procedures and other database objects are not copied.
-- Tomer Altman ([email protected])

delimiter //
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS rename_db;
CREATE PROCEDURE rename_db(IN old_db VARCHAR(100), IN new_db VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
    DECLARE current_table VARCHAR(100);
    DECLARE done INT DEFAULT 0;
    DECLARE old_tables CURSOR FOR select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema = old_db;
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = 1;

    SET @output = CONCAT('DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS ', new_db, ';'); 
    PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
    EXECUTE stmt;

    SET @output = CONCAT('CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS ', new_db, ';');
    PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
    EXECUTE stmt;

    OPEN old_tables;
    REPEAT
        FETCH old_tables INTO current_table;
        IF NOT done THEN
        SET @output = CONCAT('alter table ', old_db, '.', current_table, ' rename ', new_db, '.', current_table, ';');
        PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
        EXECUTE stmt;

        END IF;
    UNTIL done END REPEAT;

    CLOSE old_tables;

END//
delimiter ;

For those who are Mac users, Sequel Pro has a Rename Database option in the Database menu. http://www.sequelpro.com/

When you rename a database in PHPMyAdmin it creates a dump, then drops and recreates the database with the new name.

If you use hierarchical views (views pulling data from other views), import of raw output from mysqldump may not work since mysqldump doesn't care for correct order of views. Because of this, I wrote script which re-orders views to correct order on the fly.

It loooks like this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use List::MoreUtils 'first_index'; #apt package liblist-moreutils-perl
use strict;
use warnings;


my $views_sql;

while (<>) {
    $views_sql .= $_ if $views_sql or index($_, 'Final view structure') != -1;
    print $_ if !$views_sql;
}

my @views_regex_result = ($views_sql =~ /(\-\- Final view structure.+?\n\-\-\n\n.+?\n\n)/msg);
my @views = (join("", @views_regex_result) =~ /\-\- Final view structure for view `(.+?)`/g);
my $new_views_section = "";
while (@views) {
    foreach my $view (@views_regex_result) {
        my $view_body = ($view =~ /\/\*.+?VIEW .+ AS (select .+)\*\/;/g )[0];
        my $found = 0;
        foreach my $view (@views) {
            if ($view_body =~ /(from|join)[ \(]+`$view`/) {
                $found = $view;
                last;
            }
        }
        if (!$found) {
            print $view;
            my $name_of_view_which_was_not_found = ($view =~ /\-\- Final view structure for view `(.+?)`/g)[0];
            my $index = first_index { $_ eq $name_of_view_which_was_not_found } @views;
            if ($index != -1) {
                splice(@views, $index, 1);
                splice(@views_regex_result, $index, 1);
            }
        }
    }
}

Usage:
mysqldump -u username -v olddatabase -p | ./mysqldump_view_reorder.pl | mysql -u username -p -D newdatabase

You may use this shell script:

Reference: How to rename a MySQL database? 

#!/bin/bash
set -e # terminate execution on command failure

mysqlconn="mysql -u root -proot"
olddb=$1
newdb=$2
$mysqlconn -e "CREATE DATABASE $newdb"
params=$($mysqlconn -N -e "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES \
                           WHERE table_schema='$olddb'")
for name in $params; do
      $mysqlconn -e "RENAME TABLE $olddb.$name to $newdb.$name";
done;
$mysqlconn -e "DROP DATABASE $olddb"

It's working:

$ sh rename_database.sh oldname newname

Three options:

  1. Create the new database, bring down the server, move the files from one database folder to the other, and restart the server. Note that this will only work if ALL of your tables are MyISAM.

  2. Create the new database, use CREATE TABLE ... LIKE statements, and then use INSERT ... SELECT * FROM statements.

  3. Use mysqldump and reload with that file.

For those who are Mac users, Sequel Pro has a Rename Database option in the Database menu. http://www.sequelpro.com/

In the case where you start from a dump file with several databases, you can perform a sed on the dump:

sed -i -- "s|old_name_database1|new_name_database1|g" my_dump.sql
sed -i -- "s|old_name_database2|new_name_database2|g" my_dump.sql
...

Then import your dump. Just ensure that there will be no name conflict.

You guys are going to shoot me for this, and most probably this won't work every time, and sure, it is against all logic blah blah... But what I just tried is... STOP the MySQL engine, log on as root and simply renamed the DB on the file system level....

I am on OSX, and only changed the case, from bedbf to BEDBF. To my surprise it worked...

I would not recommend it on a production DB. I just tried this as an experiment...

Good luck either way :-)

TodoInTX's stored procedure didn't quite work for me. Here's my stab at it:

-- stored procedure rename_db: Rename a database my means of table copying.
-- Caveats: 
-- Will clobber any existing database with the same name as the 'new' database name.
-- ONLY copies tables; stored procedures and other database objects are not copied.
-- Tomer Altman ([email protected])

delimiter //
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS rename_db;
CREATE PROCEDURE rename_db(IN old_db VARCHAR(100), IN new_db VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
    DECLARE current_table VARCHAR(100);
    DECLARE done INT DEFAULT 0;
    DECLARE old_tables CURSOR FOR select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema = old_db;
    DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET done = 1;

    SET @output = CONCAT('DROP SCHEMA IF EXISTS ', new_db, ';'); 
    PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
    EXECUTE stmt;

    SET @output = CONCAT('CREATE SCHEMA IF NOT EXISTS ', new_db, ';');
    PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
    EXECUTE stmt;

    OPEN old_tables;
    REPEAT
        FETCH old_tables INTO current_table;
        IF NOT done THEN
        SET @output = CONCAT('alter table ', old_db, '.', current_table, ' rename ', new_db, '.', current_table, ';');
        PREPARE stmt FROM @output;
        EXECUTE stmt;

        END IF;
    UNTIL done END REPEAT;

    CLOSE old_tables;

END//
delimiter ;

Here is a batch file I wrote to automate it from the command line, but it for Windows/MS-DOS.

Syntax is rename_mysqldb database newdatabase -u [user] -p[password]

:: ***************************************************************************
:: FILE: RENAME_MYSQLDB.BAT
:: ***************************************************************************
:: DESCRIPTION
:: This is a Windows /MS-DOS batch file that automates renaming a MySQL database 
:: by using MySQLDump, MySQLAdmin, and MySQL to perform the required tasks.
:: The MySQL\bin folder needs to be in your environment path or the working directory.
::
:: WARNING: The script will delete the original database, but only if it successfully
:: created the new copy. However, read the disclaimer below before using.
::
:: DISCLAIMER
:: This script is provided without any express or implied warranties whatsoever.
:: The user must assume the risk of using the script.
::
:: You are free to use, modify, and distribute this script without exception.
:: ***************************************************************************

:INITIALIZE
@ECHO OFF
IF [%2]==[] GOTO HELP
IF [%3]==[] (SET RDB_ARGS=--user=root) ELSE (SET RDB_ARGS=%3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9)
SET RDB_OLDDB=%1
SET RDB_NEWDB=%2
SET RDB_DUMPFILE=%RDB_OLDDB%_dump.sql
GOTO START

:START
SET RDB_STEP=1
ECHO Dumping "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqldump %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_OLDDB% > %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=2
ECHO Creating database "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% create %RDB_NEWDB%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=3
ECHO Loading dump into "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysql %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_NEWDB% < %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=4
ECHO Dropping database "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %RDB_OLDDB% --force
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=5
ECHO Deleting dump...
DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
ECHO Renamed database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:ERROR_ABORT
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 3 mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %NEWDB% --force
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 1 IF EXIST %RDB_DUMPFILE% DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
ECHO Unable to rename database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:HELP
ECHO Renames a MySQL database.
ECHO Usage: %0 database new_database [OPTIONS]
ECHO Options: Any valid options shared by MySQL, MySQLAdmin and MySQLDump.
ECHO          --user=root is used if no options are specified.
GOTO END    

:END
SET RDB_OLDDB=
SET RDB_NEWDB=
SET RDB_ARGS=
SET RDB_DUMP=
SET RDB_STEP=

MySQL does not support the renaming of a database through its command interface at the moment, but you can rename the database if you have access to the directory in which MySQL stores its databases. For default MySQL installations this is usually in the Data directory under the directory where MySQL was installed. Locate the name of the database you want to rename under the Data directory and rename it. Renaming the directory could cause some permissions issues though. Be aware.

Note: You must stop MySQL before you can rename the database

I would recommend creating a new database (using the name you want) and export/import the data you need from the old to the new. Pretty simple.

It is possible to rename all tables within a database to be under another database without having to do a full dump and restore.

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS mysql.rename_db;
DELIMITER ||
CREATE PROCEDURE mysql.rename_db(IN old_db VARCHAR(100), IN new_db VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT('CREATE DATABASE ', new_db, ';') `# create new database`;
SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE `', old_db, '`.`', table_name, '` TO `', new_db, '`.`', table_name, '`;') `# alter table` FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = old_db;
SELECT CONCAT('DROP DATABASE `', old_db, '`;') `# drop old database`;
END||
DELIMITER ;

$ time mysql -uroot -e "call mysql.rename_db('db1', 'db2');" | mysql -uroot

However any triggers in the target db will not be happy. You'll need to drop them first then recreate them after the rename.

mysql -uroot -e "call mysql.rename_db('test', 'blah2');" | mysql -uroot
ERROR 1435 (HY000) at line 4: Trigger in wrong schema

Steps :

  1. Hit http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
  2. Select your DB
  3. Click on Operations Tab
  4. There will be a tab as "Rename database to". Add new name and check Adjust privileges.
  5. Click on Go.

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I posed a question on Server Fault trying to get around downtime when restoring very large databases by using MySQL Proxy. I didn't have any success, but I realized in the end what I wanted was RENAME DATABASE functionality because dump/import wasn't an option due to the size of our database.

There is a RENAME TABLE functionality built in to MySQL so I ended up writing a simple Python script to do the job for me. I've posted it on GitHub in case it could be of use to others.

Here is a batch file I wrote to automate it from the command line, but it for Windows/MS-DOS.

Syntax is rename_mysqldb database newdatabase -u [user] -p[password]

:: ***************************************************************************
:: FILE: RENAME_MYSQLDB.BAT
:: ***************************************************************************
:: DESCRIPTION
:: This is a Windows /MS-DOS batch file that automates renaming a MySQL database 
:: by using MySQLDump, MySQLAdmin, and MySQL to perform the required tasks.
:: The MySQL\bin folder needs to be in your environment path or the working directory.
::
:: WARNING: The script will delete the original database, but only if it successfully
:: created the new copy. However, read the disclaimer below before using.
::
:: DISCLAIMER
:: This script is provided without any express or implied warranties whatsoever.
:: The user must assume the risk of using the script.
::
:: You are free to use, modify, and distribute this script without exception.
:: ***************************************************************************

:INITIALIZE
@ECHO OFF
IF [%2]==[] GOTO HELP
IF [%3]==[] (SET RDB_ARGS=--user=root) ELSE (SET RDB_ARGS=%3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9)
SET RDB_OLDDB=%1
SET RDB_NEWDB=%2
SET RDB_DUMPFILE=%RDB_OLDDB%_dump.sql
GOTO START

:START
SET RDB_STEP=1
ECHO Dumping "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqldump %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_OLDDB% > %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=2
ECHO Creating database "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% create %RDB_NEWDB%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=3
ECHO Loading dump into "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysql %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_NEWDB% < %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=4
ECHO Dropping database "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %RDB_OLDDB% --force
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=5
ECHO Deleting dump...
DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
ECHO Renamed database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:ERROR_ABORT
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 3 mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %NEWDB% --force
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 1 IF EXIST %RDB_DUMPFILE% DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
ECHO Unable to rename database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:HELP
ECHO Renames a MySQL database.
ECHO Usage: %0 database new_database [OPTIONS]
ECHO Options: Any valid options shared by MySQL, MySQLAdmin and MySQLDump.
ECHO          --user=root is used if no options are specified.
GOTO END    

:END
SET RDB_OLDDB=
SET RDB_NEWDB=
SET RDB_ARGS=
SET RDB_DUMP=
SET RDB_STEP=

In MySQL Administrator do the following:

  1. Under Catalogs, create a new database schema.
  2. Go to Backup and create a backup of the old schema.
  3. Execute backup.
  4. Go to Restore and open the file created in step 3.
  5. Select 'Another Schema' under Target Schema and select the new database schema.
  6. Start Restore.
  7. Verify new schema and, if it looks good, delete the old one.

I posted this How do I change the database name using MySQL? today after days of head scratching and hair pulling. The solution is quite simple export a schema to a .sql file and open the file and change the database/schema name in the sql CREAT TABLE section at the top. There are three instances or more and may not be at the top of the page if multible schemas are saved to the file. It is posible to edit the entire database this way but I expect that in large databases it could be quite a pain following all instances of a table property or index.

For mac users, you can use Sequel Pro (free), which just provide the option to rename Databases. Though it doesn't delete the old DB.

once open the relevant DB just click: Database --> Rename database...

For your convenience, below is a small shellscript that has to be executed with two parameters: db-name and new db-name.

You might need to add login-parameters to the mysql-lines if you don't use the .my.cnf-file in your home-directory. Please make a backup before executing this script.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE $2 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;"
for i in $(mysql -Ns $1 -e "show tables");do
    echo "$1.$i -> $2.$i"
    mysql -e "rename TABLE $1.$i to $2.$i"
done
mysql -e "DROP DATABASE $1"

I used following method to rename the database

  1. take backup of the file using mysqldump or any DB tool eg heidiSQL,mysql administrator etc

  2. Open back up (eg backupfile.sql) file in some text editor.

  3. Search and replace the database name and save file.

4.Restore the edited sql file

Here is a one-line Bash snippet to move all tables from one schema to another:

history -d $((HISTCMD-1)) && mysql -udb_user -p'db_password' -Dold_schema -ABNnqre'SHOW TABLES;' | sed -e's/.*/RENAME TABLE old_schema.`&` TO new_schema.`&`;/' | mysql -udb_user -p'db_password' -Dnew_schema

The history command at the start simply ensures that the MySQL commands containing passwords aren't saved to the shell history.

Make sure that db_user has read/write/drop permissions on the old schema, and read/write/create permissions on the new schema.

Most of the answers here are wrong for one of two reasons:

  1. You cannot just use RENAME TABLE, because there might be views and triggers. If there are triggers, RENAME TABLE fails
  2. You cannot use mysqldump if you want to "quickly" (as requested in the question) rename a big database

Percona has a blog post about how to do this well: https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/12/24/renaming-database-schema-mysql/

and script posted (made?) by Simon R Jones that does what is suggested in that post. I fixed a bug I found in the script. You can see it here:

https://gist.github.com/ryantm/76944318b0473ff25993ef2a7186213d

Here is a copy of it:

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 2013 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates
# @see https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/12/24/renaming-database-schema-mysql/
set -e
if [ -z "$3" ]; then
    echo "rename_db <server> <database> <new_database>"
    exit 1
fi
db_exists=`mysql -h $1 -e "show databases like '$3'" -sss`
if [ -n "$db_exists" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: New database already exists $3"
    exit 1
fi
TIMESTAMP=`date +%s`
character_set=`mysql -h $1 -e "SELECT default_character_set_name FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA WHERE schema_name = '$2'" -sss`
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
STATUS=$?
if [ "$STATUS" != 0 ] || [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Error retrieving tables from $2"
    exit 1
fi
echo "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
mysql -h $1 -e "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
TRIGGERS=`mysql -h $1 $2 -e "show triggers\G" | grep Trigger: | awk '{print $2}'`
VIEWS=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='VIEW'" -sss`
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    mysqldump -h $1 $2 $VIEWS > /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
mysqldump -h $1 $2 -d -t -R -E > /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
for TRIGGER in $TRIGGERS; do
    echo "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
done
for TABLE in $TABLES; do
    echo "rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
done
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    echo "loading views"
    mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
echo "loading triggers, routines and events"
mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
if [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Dropping database $2"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop database $2"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.columns_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    COLUMNS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.columns_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.procs_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    PROCS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.procs_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.tables_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    TABLES_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.tables_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.db where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    DB_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.db set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then
    echo "IF YOU WANT TO RENAME the GRANTS YOU NEED TO RUN ALL OUTPUT BELOW:"
    if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$COLUMNS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$PROCS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ]; then echo "$TABLES_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then echo "$DB_PRIV"; fi
    echo "    flush privileges;"
fi

Save it to a file called rename_db and make the script executable with chmod +x rename_db then use it like ./rename_db localhost old_db new_db

When you rename a database in PHPMyAdmin it creates a dump, then drops and recreates the database with the new name.

I think the solution is simpler and was suggested by some developers. phpMyAdmin has an operation for this.

From phpMyAdmin, select the database you want to select. In the tabs there's one called Operations, go to the rename section. That's all.

It does, as many suggested, create a new database with the new name, dump all tables of the old database into the new database and drop the old database.

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The simplest method is to use HeidiSQL software. It's free and open source. It runs on Windows and on any Linux with Wine (run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X).

To download HeidiSQL, goto http://www.heidisql.com/download.php.

To download Wine, goto http://www.winehq.org/.

To rename a database in HeidiSQL, just right click on the database name and select 'Edit'. Then enter a new name and press 'OK'.

It is so simple.

In MySQL Administrator do the following:

  1. Under Catalogs, create a new database schema.
  2. Go to Backup and create a backup of the old schema.
  3. Execute backup.
  4. Go to Restore and open the file created in step 3.
  5. Select 'Another Schema' under Target Schema and select the new database schema.
  6. Start Restore.
  7. Verify new schema and, if it looks good, delete the old one.

You can do it in two ways.

  1. RENAME TABLE old_db.table_name TO new_db.table_name;
  2. Goto operations-> there you can see Table options tab. you can edit table name there.

The simple way

ALTER DATABASE `oldName` MODIFY NAME = `newName`;

or you can use online sql generator

You may use this shell script:

Reference: How to rename a MySQL database? 

#!/bin/bash
set -e # terminate execution on command failure

mysqlconn="mysql -u root -proot"
olddb=$1
newdb=$2
$mysqlconn -e "CREATE DATABASE $newdb"
params=$($mysqlconn -N -e "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES \
                           WHERE table_schema='$olddb'")
for name in $params; do
      $mysqlconn -e "RENAME TABLE $olddb.$name to $newdb.$name";
done;
$mysqlconn -e "DROP DATABASE $olddb"

It's working:

$ sh rename_database.sh oldname newname

The simplest method is to use HeidiSQL software. It's free and open source. It runs on Windows and on any Linux with Wine (run Windows applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac OS X).

To download HeidiSQL, goto http://www.heidisql.com/download.php.

To download Wine, goto http://www.winehq.org/.

To rename a database in HeidiSQL, just right click on the database name and select 'Edit'. Then enter a new name and press 'OK'.

It is so simple.

I posed a question on Server Fault trying to get around downtime when restoring very large databases by using MySQL Proxy. I didn't have any success, but I realized in the end what I wanted was RENAME DATABASE functionality because dump/import wasn't an option due to the size of our database.

There is a RENAME TABLE functionality built in to MySQL so I ended up writing a simple Python script to do the job for me. I've posted it on GitHub in case it could be of use to others.

Three options:

  1. Create the new database, bring down the server, move the files from one database folder to the other, and restart the server. Note that this will only work if ALL of your tables are MyISAM.

  2. Create the new database, use CREATE TABLE ... LIKE statements, and then use INSERT ... SELECT * FROM statements.

  3. Use mysqldump and reload with that file.

I've only recently came across a very nice way to do it, works with MyISAM and InnoDB and is very fast:

RENAME TABLE old_db.table TO new_db.table;

I don't remember where I read it but credit goes to someone else not me.

This is the batch script I wrote for renaming a database on Windows:

@echo off
set olddb=olddbname
set newdb=newdbname
SET count=1
SET act=mysql -uroot -e "select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema='%olddb%'"
mysql -uroot -e "create database %newdb%"
echo %act%
 FOR /f "tokens=*" %%G IN ('%act%') DO (
  REM echo %count%:%%G
  echo mysql -uroot -e "RENAME TABLE %olddb%.%%G to %newdb%.%%G"
  mysql -uroot -e "RENAME TABLE %olddb%.%%G to %newdb%.%%G"
  set /a count+=1
 )
mysql -uroot -e "drop database %olddb%"

Use these few simple commands:

mysqldump -u username -p -v olddatabase > olddbdump.sql
mysqladmin -u username -p create newdatabase
mysql -u username -p newdatabase < olddbdump.sql

Or to reduce I/O use the following as suggested by @Pablo Marin-Garcia:

mysqladmin -u username -p create newdatabase
mysqldump -u username -v olddatabase -p | mysql -u username -p -D newdatabase

There is a reason you cannot do this. (despite all the attempted answers)

  • Basic answers will work in many cases, and in others cause data corruptions.
  • A strategy needs to be chosen based on heuristic analysis of your database.
  • That is the reason this feature was implemented, and then removed. [doc]

You'll need to dump all object types in that database, create the newly named one and then import the dump. If this is a live system you'll need to take it down. If you cannot, then you will need to setup replication from this database to the new one.

If you want to see the commands that could do this, @satishD has the details, which conveys some of the challenges around which you'll need to build a strategy that matches your target database.

I).There is no way directly by which u can change the name of an existing DB But u can achieve ur target by following below steps:- 1). Create newdb. 2). Use newdb. 3). create table table_name(select * from olddb.table_name);

By doing above, u r copying data from table of olddb and inserting those in newdb table. Give name of the table same.

II). RENAME TABLE old_db.table_name TO new_db.table_name;

This is the batch script I wrote for renaming a database on Windows:

@echo off
set olddb=olddbname
set newdb=newdbname
SET count=1
SET act=mysql -uroot -e "select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_schema='%olddb%'"
mysql -uroot -e "create database %newdb%"
echo %act%
 FOR /f "tokens=*" %%G IN ('%act%') DO (
  REM echo %count%:%%G
  echo mysql -uroot -e "RENAME TABLE %olddb%.%%G to %newdb%.%%G"
  mysql -uroot -e "RENAME TABLE %olddb%.%%G to %newdb%.%%G"
  set /a count+=1
 )
mysql -uroot -e "drop database %olddb%"

It is possible to rename all tables within a database to be under another database without having to do a full dump and restore.

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS mysql.rename_db;
DELIMITER ||
CREATE PROCEDURE mysql.rename_db(IN old_db VARCHAR(100), IN new_db VARCHAR(100))
BEGIN
SELECT CONCAT('CREATE DATABASE ', new_db, ';') `# create new database`;
SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE `', old_db, '`.`', table_name, '` TO `', new_db, '`.`', table_name, '`;') `# alter table` FROM information_schema.tables WHERE table_schema = old_db;
SELECT CONCAT('DROP DATABASE `', old_db, '`;') `# drop old database`;
END||
DELIMITER ;

$ time mysql -uroot -e "call mysql.rename_db('db1', 'db2');" | mysql -uroot

However any triggers in the target db will not be happy. You'll need to drop them first then recreate them after the rename.

mysql -uroot -e "call mysql.rename_db('test', 'blah2');" | mysql -uroot
ERROR 1435 (HY000) at line 4: Trigger in wrong schema

The simple way

Change to the database directory:

cd /var/lib/mysql/

Shut down MySQL... This is important!

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

Okay, this way doesn't work for InnoDB or BDB-Databases.

Rename database:

mv old-name new-name

...or the table...

cd database/

mv old-name.frm new-name.frm

mv old-name.MYD new-name.MYD

mv old-name.MYI new-name.MYI

Restart MySQL

/etc/init.d/mysql start

Done...

OK, this way doesn't work with InnoDB or BDB databases. In this case you have to dump the database and re-import it.

I used following method to rename the database

  1. take backup of the file using mysqldump or any DB tool eg heidiSQL,mysql administrator etc

  2. Open back up (eg backupfile.sql) file in some text editor.

  3. Search and replace the database name and save file.

4.Restore the edited sql file

Here is a one-line Bash snippet to move all tables from one schema to another:

history -d $((HISTCMD-1)) && mysql -udb_user -p'db_password' -Dold_schema -ABNnqre'SHOW TABLES;' | sed -e's/.*/RENAME TABLE old_schema.`&` TO new_schema.`&`;/' | mysql -udb_user -p'db_password' -Dnew_schema

The history command at the start simply ensures that the MySQL commands containing passwords aren't saved to the shell history.

Make sure that db_user has read/write/drop permissions on the old schema, and read/write/create permissions on the new schema.

Here is a batch file I wrote to automate it from the command line, but it for Windows/MS-DOS.

Syntax is rename_mysqldb database newdatabase -u [user] -p[password]

:: ***************************************************************************
:: FILE: RENAME_MYSQLDB.BAT
:: ***************************************************************************
:: DESCRIPTION
:: This is a Windows /MS-DOS batch file that automates renaming a MySQL database 
:: by using MySQLDump, MySQLAdmin, and MySQL to perform the required tasks.
:: The MySQL\bin folder needs to be in your environment path or the working directory.
::
:: WARNING: The script will delete the original database, but only if it successfully
:: created the new copy. However, read the disclaimer below before using.
::
:: DISCLAIMER
:: This script is provided without any express or implied warranties whatsoever.
:: The user must assume the risk of using the script.
::
:: You are free to use, modify, and distribute this script without exception.
:: ***************************************************************************

:INITIALIZE
@ECHO OFF
IF [%2]==[] GOTO HELP
IF [%3]==[] (SET RDB_ARGS=--user=root) ELSE (SET RDB_ARGS=%3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9)
SET RDB_OLDDB=%1
SET RDB_NEWDB=%2
SET RDB_DUMPFILE=%RDB_OLDDB%_dump.sql
GOTO START

:START
SET RDB_STEP=1
ECHO Dumping "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqldump %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_OLDDB% > %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=2
ECHO Creating database "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% create %RDB_NEWDB%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=3
ECHO Loading dump into "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysql %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_NEWDB% < %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=4
ECHO Dropping database "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %RDB_OLDDB% --force
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=5
ECHO Deleting dump...
DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
ECHO Renamed database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:ERROR_ABORT
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 3 mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %NEWDB% --force
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 1 IF EXIST %RDB_DUMPFILE% DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
ECHO Unable to rename database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:HELP
ECHO Renames a MySQL database.
ECHO Usage: %0 database new_database [OPTIONS]
ECHO Options: Any valid options shared by MySQL, MySQLAdmin and MySQLDump.
ECHO          --user=root is used if no options are specified.
GOTO END    

:END
SET RDB_OLDDB=
SET RDB_NEWDB=
SET RDB_ARGS=
SET RDB_DUMP=
SET RDB_STEP=

Neither TodoInTx's solution nor user757945's adapted solution worked for me on MySQL 5.5.16, so here is my adapted version:

DELIMITER //
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `rename_database`;
CREATE PROCEDURE `rename_database` (IN `old_name` VARCHAR(20), IN `new_name` VARCHAR(20))
BEGIN
  DECLARE `current_table_name` VARCHAR(20);
  DECLARE `done` INT DEFAULT 0;
  DECLARE `table_name_cursor` CURSOR FOR SELECT `table_name` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE (`table_schema` = `old_name`);
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET `done` = 1;

  SET @sql_string = CONCAT('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `', `new_name` , '`;');
  PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
  EXECUTE `statement`;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;

  OPEN `table_name_cursor`;
  REPEAT
    FETCH `table_name_cursor` INTO `current_table_name`;
    IF NOT `done` THEN

      SET @sql_string = CONCAT('RENAME TABLE `', `old_name`, '`.`', `current_table_name`, '` TO `', `new_name`, '`.`', `current_table_name`, '`;');
      PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
      EXECUTE `statement`;
      DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;

    END IF;
  UNTIL `done` END REPEAT;
  CLOSE `table_name_cursor`;

  SET @sql_string =  CONCAT('DROP DATABASE `', `old_name`, '`;');
  PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
  EXECUTE `statement`;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;
END//
DELIMITER ;

Hope it helps someone who is in my situation! Note: @sql_string will linger in the session afterwards. I was not able to write this function without using it.

This is what I use:

$ mysqldump -u root -p olddb >~/olddb.sql
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database newdb;
mysql> use newdb
mysql> source ~/olddb.sql
mysql> drop database olddb;

The simple way

Change to the database directory:

cd /var/lib/mysql/

Shut down MySQL... This is important!

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

Okay, this way doesn't work for InnoDB or BDB-Databases.

Rename database:

mv old-name new-name

...or the table...

cd database/

mv old-name.frm new-name.frm

mv old-name.MYD new-name.MYD

mv old-name.MYI new-name.MYI

Restart MySQL

/etc/init.d/mysql start

Done...

OK, this way doesn't work with InnoDB or BDB databases. In this case you have to dump the database and re-import it.

There are many really good answers here already but I do not see a PHP version. This copies an 800M DB in about a second.

$oldDbName = "oldDBName";
$newDbName = "newDBName";
$oldDB     = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "pass", $oldDbName);
if($oldDB->connect_errno){
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $oldDB->connect_errno . ") " . $oldDB->connect_error;
    exit;
}
$newDBQuery = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {$newDbName}";
$oldDB->query($newDBQuery);
$newDB = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "pass");
if($newDB->connect_errno){
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $newDB->connect_errno . ") " . $newDB->connect_error;
    exit;
}

$tableQuery  = "SHOW TABLES";
$tableResult = $oldDB->query($tableQuery);
$renameQuery = "RENAME TABLE\n";
while($table = $tableResult->fetch_array()){
    $tableName = $table["Tables_in_{$oldDbName}"];
    $renameQuery .= "{$oldDbName}.{$tableName} TO {$newDbName}.{$tableName},";
}
$renameQuery = substr($renameQuery, 0, strlen($renameQuery) - 1);
$newDB->query($renameQuery);

Simplest bullet-and-fool-proof way of doing a complete rename (including dropping the old database at the end so it's a rename rather than a copy):

mysqladmin -uroot -pmypassword create newdbname
mysqldump -uroot -pmypassword --routines olddbname | mysql -uroot -pmypassword newdbname
mysqladmin -uroot -pmypassword drop olddbname

Steps:

  1. Copy the lines into Notepad.
  2. Replace all references to "olddbname", "newdbname", "mypassword" (+ optionally "root") with your equivalents.
  3. Execute one by one on the command line (entering "y" when prompted).

This works for all databases and works by renaming each table with maatkit mysql toolkit

Use mk-find to print and rename each table. The man page has many more options and examples

mk-find --dblike OLD_DATABASE --print --exec "RENAME TABLE %D.%N TO NEW_DATABASE.%N"

If you have maatkit installed (which is very easy), then this is the simplest way to do it.

Neither TodoInTx's solution nor user757945's adapted solution worked for me on MySQL 5.5.16, so here is my adapted version:

DELIMITER //
DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS `rename_database`;
CREATE PROCEDURE `rename_database` (IN `old_name` VARCHAR(20), IN `new_name` VARCHAR(20))
BEGIN
  DECLARE `current_table_name` VARCHAR(20);
  DECLARE `done` INT DEFAULT 0;
  DECLARE `table_name_cursor` CURSOR FOR SELECT `table_name` FROM `information_schema`.`tables` WHERE (`table_schema` = `old_name`);
  DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET `done` = 1;

  SET @sql_string = CONCAT('CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `', `new_name` , '`;');
  PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
  EXECUTE `statement`;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;

  OPEN `table_name_cursor`;
  REPEAT
    FETCH `table_name_cursor` INTO `current_table_name`;
    IF NOT `done` THEN

      SET @sql_string = CONCAT('RENAME TABLE `', `old_name`, '`.`', `current_table_name`, '` TO `', `new_name`, '`.`', `current_table_name`, '`;');
      PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
      EXECUTE `statement`;
      DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;

    END IF;
  UNTIL `done` END REPEAT;
  CLOSE `table_name_cursor`;

  SET @sql_string =  CONCAT('DROP DATABASE `', `old_name`, '`;');
  PREPARE `statement` FROM @sql_string;
  EXECUTE `statement`;
  DEALLOCATE PREPARE `statement`;
END//
DELIMITER ;

Hope it helps someone who is in my situation! Note: @sql_string will linger in the session afterwards. I was not able to write this function without using it.

If you are using phpMyAdmin you can go to the "operations" tab once you have selected the database you want to rename. Then go to the last section "copy database to" (or something like that), give a name, and select the options below. In this case, I guess you must select "structure and data" and "create database before copying" checkboxes and, finally, press the "go" button in that section.

By the way, I'm using phpMyAdmin in Spanish so I'm not sure what the names of the sections are in English.

Well there are 2 methods:

Method 1: A well-known method for renaming database schema is by dumping the schema using Mysqldump and restoring it in another schema, and then dropping the old schema (if needed).

From Shell

 mysqldump emp > emp.out
 mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE employees;"
 mysql employees < emp.out 
 mysql -e "DROP DATABASE emp;"

Although the above method is easy, it is time and space consuming. What if the schema is more than a 100GB? There are methods where you can pipe the above commands together to save on space, however it will not save time.

To remedy such situations, there is another quick method to rename schemas, however, some care must be taken while doing it.

Method 2: MySQL has a very good feature for renaming tables that even works across different schemas. This rename operation is atomic and no one else can access the table while its being renamed. This takes a short time to complete since changing a table’s name or its schema is only a metadata change. Here is procedural approach at doing the rename:

Create the new database schema with the desired name. Rename the tables from old schema to new schema, using MySQL’s “RENAME TABLE” command. Drop the old database schema. If there are views, triggers, functions, stored procedures in the schema, those will need to be recreated too. MySQL’s “RENAME TABLE” fails if there are triggers exists on the tables. To remedy this we can do the following things :

1) Dump the triggers, events and stored routines in a separate file. This done using -E, -R flags (in addition to -t -d which dumps the triggers) to the mysqldump command. Once triggers are dumped, we will need to drop them from the schema, for RENAME TABLE command to work.

 $ mysqldump <old_schema_name> -d -t -R -E > stored_routines_triggers_events.out

2) Generate a list of only “BASE” tables. These can be found using a query on information_schema.TABLES table.

 mysql> select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where 
    table_schema='<old_schema_name>' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE';

3) Dump the views in an out file. Views can be found using a query on the same information_schema.TABLES table.

mysql> select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where 
   table_schema='<old_schema_name>' and TABLE_TYPE='VIEW';
 $ mysqldump <database> <view1> <view2> … > views.out

4) Drop the triggers on the current tables in the old_schema.

mysql> DROP TRIGGER <trigger_name>;
...

5) Restore the above dump files once all the “Base” tables found in step #2 are renamed.

mysql> RENAME TABLE <old_schema>.table_name TO <new_schema>.table_name;
...
$ mysql <new_schema> < views.out
$ mysql <new_schema> < stored_routines_triggers_events.out

Intricacies with above methods : We may need to update the GRANTS for users such that they match the correct schema_name. These could fixed with a simple UPDATE on mysql.columns_priv, mysql.procs_priv, mysql.tables_priv, mysql.db tables updating the old_schema name to new_schema and calling “Flush privileges;”. Although “method 2" seems a bit more complicated than the “method 1", this is totally scriptable. A simple bash script to carry out the above steps in proper sequence, can help you save space and time while renaming database schemas next time.

The Percona Remote DBA team have written a script called “rename_db” that works in the following way :

[root@dba~]# /tmp/rename_db
rename_db <server> <database> <new_database>

To demonstrate the use of this script, used a sample schema “emp”, created test triggers, stored routines on that schema. Will try to rename the database schema using the script, which takes some seconds to complete as opposed to time consuming dump/restore method.

mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| emp                |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| test               |
+--------------------+


[root@dba ~]# time /tmp/rename_db localhost emp emp_test
create database emp_test DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1
drop trigger salary_trigger
rename table emp.__emp_new to emp_test.__emp_new
rename table emp._emp_new to emp_test._emp_new
rename table emp.departments to emp_test.departments
rename table emp.dept to emp_test.dept
rename table emp.dept_emp to emp_test.dept_emp
rename table emp.dept_manager to emp_test.dept_manager
rename table emp.emp to emp_test.emp
rename table emp.employees to emp_test.employees
rename table emp.salaries_temp to emp_test.salaries_temp
rename table emp.titles to emp_test.titles
loading views
loading triggers, routines and events
Dropping database emp

real    0m0.643s
user    0m0.053s
sys     0m0.131s


mysql> show databases;
+--------------------+
| Database           |
+--------------------+
| information_schema |
| emp_test           |
| mysql              |
| performance_schema |
| test               |
+--------------------+

As you can see in the above output the database schema “emp” was renamed to “emp_test” in less than a second. Lastly, This is the script from Percona that is used above for “method 2".

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 2013 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates
set -e
if [ -z "$3" ]; then
    echo "rename_db <server> <database> <new_database>"
    exit 1
fi
db_exists=`mysql -h $1 -e "show databases like '$3'" -sss`
if [ -n "$db_exists" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: New database already exists $3"
    exit 1
fi
TIMESTAMP=`date +%s`
character_set=`mysql -h $1 -e "show create database $2\G" -sss | grep ^Create | awk -F'CHARACTER SET ' '{print $2}' | awk '{print $1}'`
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
STATUS=$?
if [ "$STATUS" != 0 ] || [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Error retrieving tables from $2"
    exit 1
fi
echo "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
mysql -h $1 -e "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
TRIGGERS=`mysql -h $1 $2 -e "show triggers\G" | grep Trigger: | awk '{print $2}'`
VIEWS=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='VIEW'" -sss`
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    mysqldump -h $1 $2 $VIEWS > /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
mysqldump -h $1 $2 -d -t -R -E > /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
for TRIGGER in $TRIGGERS; do
    echo "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
done
for TABLE in $TABLES; do
    echo "rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
done
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    echo "loading views"
    mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
echo "loading triggers, routines and events"
mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
if [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Dropping database $2"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop database $2"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.columns_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    COLUMNS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.columns_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.procs_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    PROCS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.procs_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.tables_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    TABLES_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.tables_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.db where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    DB_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.db set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then
    echo "IF YOU WANT TO RENAME the GRANTS YOU NEED TO RUN ALL OUTPUT BELOW:"
    if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$COLUMNS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$PROCS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ]; then echo "$TABLES_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then echo "$DB_PRIV"; fi
    echo "    flush privileges;"
fi

Here is a quick way to generate renaming sql script, if you have many tables to move.

SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE ', t.table_schema,'.', t.table_name, ' TO ',     
t.table_schema, "_archive", '.', t.table_name, ';' ) as Rename_SQL 
FROM information_schema.tables t
WHERE table_schema='your_db_name' ;

For your convenience, below is a small shellscript that has to be executed with two parameters: db-name and new db-name.

You might need to add login-parameters to the mysql-lines if you don't use the .my.cnf-file in your home-directory. Please make a backup before executing this script.

#!/usr/bin/env bash

mysql -e "CREATE DATABASE $2 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;"
for i in $(mysql -Ns $1 -e "show tables");do
    echo "$1.$i -> $2.$i"
    mysql -e "rename TABLE $1.$i to $2.$i"
done
mysql -e "DROP DATABASE $1"

I did it this way: Take backup of your existing database. It will give you a db.zip.tmp and then in command prompt write following

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin\mysql.exe" -h localhost -u root -p[password] [new db name] < "C:\Backups\db.zip.tmp"

MySQL does not support the renaming of a database through its command interface at the moment, but you can rename the database if you have access to the directory in which MySQL stores its databases. For default MySQL installations this is usually in the Data directory under the directory where MySQL was installed. Locate the name of the database you want to rename under the Data directory and rename it. Renaming the directory could cause some permissions issues though. Be aware.

Note: You must stop MySQL before you can rename the database

I would recommend creating a new database (using the name you want) and export/import the data you need from the old to the new. Pretty simple.

There is a reason you cannot do this. (despite all the attempted answers)

  • Basic answers will work in many cases, and in others cause data corruptions.
  • A strategy needs to be chosen based on heuristic analysis of your database.
  • That is the reason this feature was implemented, and then removed. [doc]

You'll need to dump all object types in that database, create the newly named one and then import the dump. If this is a live system you'll need to take it down. If you cannot, then you will need to setup replication from this database to the new one.

If you want to see the commands that could do this, @satishD has the details, which conveys some of the challenges around which you'll need to build a strategy that matches your target database.

in phpmyadmin you can easily rename the database

select database 

  goto operations tab

  in that rename Database to :

  type your new database name and click go

ask to drop old table and reload table data click OK in both

Your database is renamed

You can do it in two ways.

  1. RENAME TABLE old_db.table_name TO new_db.table_name;
  2. Goto operations-> there you can see Table options tab. you can edit table name there.

I think the solution is simpler and was suggested by some developers. phpMyAdmin has an operation for this.

From phpMyAdmin, select the database you want to select. In the tabs there's one called Operations, go to the rename section. That's all.

It does, as many suggested, create a new database with the new name, dump all tables of the old database into the new database and drop the old database.

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Really, the simplest answer is to export your old database then import it into the new one that you've created to replace the old one. Of course, you should use phpMyAdmin or command line to do this.

Renaming and Jerry-rigging the database is a BAD-IDEA! DO NOT DO IT. (Unless you are the "hacker-type" sitting in your mother's basement in the dark and eating pizza sleeping during the day.)

You will end up with more problems and work than you want.

So,

  1. Create a new_database and name it the correct way.
  2. Go to your phpMyAdmin and open the database you want to export.
  3. Export it (check the options, but you should be OK with the defaults.
  4. You will get a file like or similar to this.

  5. The extension on this file is .sql

    -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump -- version 3.2.4

    -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net

    -- Host: localhost -- Generation Time: Jun 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM -- Server version: 5.0.90 -- PHP Version: 5.2.6

    SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT /; /!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS /; /!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION /; /!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

    --

    -- Database: mydatab_online

    --

    -- Table structure for table user

    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user ( timestamp int(15) NOT NULL default '0', ip varchar(40) NOT NULL default '', file varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (timestamp), KEY ip (ip), KEY file (file) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

    --

    -- Dumping data for table user

    INSERT INTO user (timestamp, ip, file) VALUES (1277911052, '999.236.177.116', ''), (1277911194, '999.236.177.116', '');

This will be your .sql file. The one that you've just exported.

Find it on your hard-drive; usually it is in /temp. Select the empty database that has the correct name (the reason why you are reading this). SAY: Import - GO

Connect your program to the correct database by entering it into what usually is a configuration.php file. Refresh the server (both. Why? Because I am a UNIX oldtimer, and I said so. Now, you should be in good shape. If you have any further questions visit me on the web.

UPDATE `db`SET Db = 'new_db_name' where Db = 'old_db_name';

If you use hierarchical views (views pulling data from other views), import of raw output from mysqldump may not work since mysqldump doesn't care for correct order of views. Because of this, I wrote script which re-orders views to correct order on the fly.

It loooks like this:

#!/usr/bin/env perl

use List::MoreUtils 'first_index'; #apt package liblist-moreutils-perl
use strict;
use warnings;


my $views_sql;

while (<>) {
    $views_sql .= $_ if $views_sql or index($_, 'Final view structure') != -1;
    print $_ if !$views_sql;
}

my @views_regex_result = ($views_sql =~ /(\-\- Final view structure.+?\n\-\-\n\n.+?\n\n)/msg);
my @views = (join("", @views_regex_result) =~ /\-\- Final view structure for view `(.+?)`/g);
my $new_views_section = "";
while (@views) {
    foreach my $view (@views_regex_result) {
        my $view_body = ($view =~ /\/\*.+?VIEW .+ AS (select .+)\*\/;/g )[0];
        my $found = 0;
        foreach my $view (@views) {
            if ($view_body =~ /(from|join)[ \(]+`$view`/) {
                $found = $view;
                last;
            }
        }
        if (!$found) {
            print $view;
            my $name_of_view_which_was_not_found = ($view =~ /\-\- Final view structure for view `(.+?)`/g)[0];
            my $index = first_index { $_ eq $name_of_view_which_was_not_found } @views;
            if ($index != -1) {
                splice(@views, $index, 1);
                splice(@views_regex_result, $index, 1);
            }
        }
    }
}

Usage:
mysqldump -u username -v olddatabase -p | ./mysqldump_view_reorder.pl | mysql -u username -p -D newdatabase

Simplest of all, open MYSQL >> SELECT DB whose name you want to change >> Click on "operation" then put New name in "Rename database to:" field then click "Go" button

Simple!

ALTER DATABASE is the proposed way around this by MySQL and RENAME DATABASE is dropped.

From 13.1.32 RENAME DATABASE Syntax:

RENAME {DATABASE | SCHEMA} db_name TO new_db_name;

This statement was added in MySQL 5.1.7, but it was found to be dangerous and was removed in MySQL 5.1.23.

MySQL does not support the renaming of a database through its command interface at the moment, but you can rename the database if you have access to the directory in which MySQL stores its databases. For default MySQL installations this is usually in the Data directory under the directory where MySQL was installed. Locate the name of the database you want to rename under the Data directory and rename it. Renaming the directory could cause some permissions issues though. Be aware.

Note: You must stop MySQL before you can rename the database

I would recommend creating a new database (using the name you want) and export/import the data you need from the old to the new. Pretty simple.

Most of the answers here are wrong for one of two reasons:

  1. You cannot just use RENAME TABLE, because there might be views and triggers. If there are triggers, RENAME TABLE fails
  2. You cannot use mysqldump if you want to "quickly" (as requested in the question) rename a big database

Percona has a blog post about how to do this well: https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/12/24/renaming-database-schema-mysql/

and script posted (made?) by Simon R Jones that does what is suggested in that post. I fixed a bug I found in the script. You can see it here:

https://gist.github.com/ryantm/76944318b0473ff25993ef2a7186213d

Here is a copy of it:

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 2013 Percona LLC and/or its affiliates
# @see https://www.percona.com/blog/2013/12/24/renaming-database-schema-mysql/
set -e
if [ -z "$3" ]; then
    echo "rename_db <server> <database> <new_database>"
    exit 1
fi
db_exists=`mysql -h $1 -e "show databases like '$3'" -sss`
if [ -n "$db_exists" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: New database already exists $3"
    exit 1
fi
TIMESTAMP=`date +%s`
character_set=`mysql -h $1 -e "SELECT default_character_set_name FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA WHERE schema_name = '$2'" -sss`
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
STATUS=$?
if [ "$STATUS" != 0 ] || [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Error retrieving tables from $2"
    exit 1
fi
echo "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
mysql -h $1 -e "create database $3 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET $character_set"
TRIGGERS=`mysql -h $1 $2 -e "show triggers\G" | grep Trigger: | awk '{print $2}'`
VIEWS=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='VIEW'" -sss`
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    mysqldump -h $1 $2 $VIEWS > /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
mysqldump -h $1 $2 -d -t -R -E > /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
for TRIGGER in $TRIGGERS; do
    echo "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop trigger $TRIGGER"
done
for TABLE in $TABLES; do
    echo "rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0; rename table $2.$TABLE to $3.$TABLE"
done
if [ -n "$VIEWS" ]; then
    echo "loading views"
    mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_views${TIMESTAMP}.dump
fi
echo "loading triggers, routines and events"
mysql -h $1 $3 < /tmp/${2}_triggers${TIMESTAMP}.dump
TABLES=`mysql -h $1 -e "select TABLE_NAME from information_schema.tables where table_schema='$2' and TABLE_TYPE='BASE TABLE'" -sss`
if [ -z "$TABLES" ]; then
    echo "Dropping database $2"
    mysql -h $1 $2 -e "drop database $2"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.columns_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    COLUMNS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.columns_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.procs_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    PROCS_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.procs_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.tables_priv where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    TABLES_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.tables_priv set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ `mysql -h $1 -e "select count(*) from mysql.db where db='$2'" -sss` -gt 0 ]; then
    DB_PRIV="    UPDATE mysql.db set db='$3' WHERE db='$2';"
fi
if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ] || [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then
    echo "IF YOU WANT TO RENAME the GRANTS YOU NEED TO RUN ALL OUTPUT BELOW:"
    if [ -n "$COLUMNS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$COLUMNS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$PROCS_PRIV" ]; then echo "$PROCS_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$TABLES_PRIV" ]; then echo "$TABLES_PRIV"; fi
    if [ -n "$DB_PRIV" ]; then echo "$DB_PRIV"; fi
    echo "    flush privileges;"
fi

Save it to a file called rename_db and make the script executable with chmod +x rename_db then use it like ./rename_db localhost old_db new_db

I).There is no way directly by which u can change the name of an existing DB But u can achieve ur target by following below steps:- 1). Create newdb. 2). Use newdb. 3). create table table_name(select * from olddb.table_name);

By doing above, u r copying data from table of olddb and inserting those in newdb table. Give name of the table same.

II). RENAME TABLE old_db.table_name TO new_db.table_name;

Three options:

  1. Create the new database, bring down the server, move the files from one database folder to the other, and restart the server. Note that this will only work if ALL of your tables are MyISAM.

  2. Create the new database, use CREATE TABLE ... LIKE statements, and then use INSERT ... SELECT * FROM statements.

  3. Use mysqldump and reload with that file.

In the case where you start from a dump file with several databases, you can perform a sed on the dump:

sed -i -- "s|old_name_database1|new_name_database1|g" my_dump.sql
sed -i -- "s|old_name_database2|new_name_database2|g" my_dump.sql
...

Then import your dump. Just ensure that there will be no name conflict.

If you are using phpMyAdmin you can go to the "operations" tab once you have selected the database you want to rename. Then go to the last section "copy database to" (or something like that), give a name, and select the options below. In this case, I guess you must select "structure and data" and "create database before copying" checkboxes and, finally, press the "go" button in that section.

By the way, I'm using phpMyAdmin in Spanish so I'm not sure what the names of the sections are in English.

You guys are going to shoot me for this, and most probably this won't work every time, and sure, it is against all logic blah blah... But what I just tried is... STOP the MySQL engine, log on as root and simply renamed the DB on the file system level....

I am on OSX, and only changed the case, from bedbf to BEDBF. To my surprise it worked...

I would not recommend it on a production DB. I just tried this as an experiment...

Good luck either way :-)

Really, the simplest answer is to export your old database then import it into the new one that you've created to replace the old one. Of course, you should use phpMyAdmin or command line to do this.

Renaming and Jerry-rigging the database is a BAD-IDEA! DO NOT DO IT. (Unless you are the "hacker-type" sitting in your mother's basement in the dark and eating pizza sleeping during the day.)

You will end up with more problems and work than you want.

So,

  1. Create a new_database and name it the correct way.
  2. Go to your phpMyAdmin and open the database you want to export.
  3. Export it (check the options, but you should be OK with the defaults.
  4. You will get a file like or similar to this.

  5. The extension on this file is .sql

    -- phpMyAdmin SQL Dump -- version 3.2.4

    -- http://www.phpmyadmin.net

    -- Host: localhost -- Generation Time: Jun 30, 2010 at 12:17 PM -- Server version: 5.0.90 -- PHP Version: 5.2.6

    SET SQL_MODE="NO_AUTO_VALUE_ON_ZERO";

    /*!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT=@@CHARACTER_SET_CLIENT /; /!40101 SET @OLD_CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS=@@CHARACTER_SET_RESULTS /; /!40101 SET @OLD_COLLATION_CONNECTION=@@COLLATION_CONNECTION /; /!40101 SET NAMES utf8 */;

    --

    -- Database: mydatab_online

    --

    -- Table structure for table user

    CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS user ( timestamp int(15) NOT NULL default '0', ip varchar(40) NOT NULL default '', file varchar(100) NOT NULL default '', PRIMARY KEY (timestamp), KEY ip (ip), KEY file (file) ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;

    --

    -- Dumping data for table user

    INSERT INTO user (timestamp, ip, file) VALUES (1277911052, '999.236.177.116', ''), (1277911194, '999.236.177.116', '');

This will be your .sql file. The one that you've just exported.

Find it on your hard-drive; usually it is in /temp. Select the empty database that has the correct name (the reason why you are reading this). SAY: Import - GO

Connect your program to the correct database by entering it into what usually is a configuration.php file. Refresh the server (both. Why? Because I am a UNIX oldtimer, and I said so. Now, you should be in good shape. If you have any further questions visit me on the web.

When you rename a database in PHPMyAdmin it creates a dump, then drops and recreates the database with the new name.

Here is a batch file I wrote to automate it from the command line, but it for Windows/MS-DOS.

Syntax is rename_mysqldb database newdatabase -u [user] -p[password]

:: ***************************************************************************
:: FILE: RENAME_MYSQLDB.BAT
:: ***************************************************************************
:: DESCRIPTION
:: This is a Windows /MS-DOS batch file that automates renaming a MySQL database 
:: by using MySQLDump, MySQLAdmin, and MySQL to perform the required tasks.
:: The MySQL\bin folder needs to be in your environment path or the working directory.
::
:: WARNING: The script will delete the original database, but only if it successfully
:: created the new copy. However, read the disclaimer below before using.
::
:: DISCLAIMER
:: This script is provided without any express or implied warranties whatsoever.
:: The user must assume the risk of using the script.
::
:: You are free to use, modify, and distribute this script without exception.
:: ***************************************************************************

:INITIALIZE
@ECHO OFF
IF [%2]==[] GOTO HELP
IF [%3]==[] (SET RDB_ARGS=--user=root) ELSE (SET RDB_ARGS=%3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9)
SET RDB_OLDDB=%1
SET RDB_NEWDB=%2
SET RDB_DUMPFILE=%RDB_OLDDB%_dump.sql
GOTO START

:START
SET RDB_STEP=1
ECHO Dumping "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqldump %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_OLDDB% > %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=2
ECHO Creating database "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% create %RDB_NEWDB%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=3
ECHO Loading dump into "%RDB_NEWDB%"...
mysql %RDB_ARGS% %RDB_NEWDB% < %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=4
ECHO Dropping database "%RDB_OLDDB%"...
mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %RDB_OLDDB% --force
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
SET RDB_STEP=5
ECHO Deleting dump...
DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
IF %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO ERROR_ABORT
ECHO Renamed database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:ERROR_ABORT
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 3 mysqladmin %RDB_ARGS% drop %NEWDB% --force
IF %RDB_STEP% GEQ 1 IF EXIST %RDB_DUMPFILE% DEL %RDB_DUMPFILE%
ECHO Unable to rename database "%RDB_OLDDB%" to "%RDB_NEWDB%".
GOTO END

:HELP
ECHO Renames a MySQL database.
ECHO Usage: %0 database new_database [OPTIONS]
ECHO Options: Any valid options shared by MySQL, MySQLAdmin and MySQLDump.
ECHO          --user=root is used if no options are specified.
GOTO END    

:END
SET RDB_OLDDB=
SET RDB_NEWDB=
SET RDB_ARGS=
SET RDB_DUMP=
SET RDB_STEP=

MySQL does not support the renaming of a database through its command interface at the moment, but you can rename the database if you have access to the directory in which MySQL stores its databases. For default MySQL installations this is usually in the Data directory under the directory where MySQL was installed. Locate the name of the database you want to rename under the Data directory and rename it. Renaming the directory could cause some permissions issues though. Be aware.

Note: You must stop MySQL before you can rename the database

I would recommend creating a new database (using the name you want) and export/import the data you need from the old to the new. Pretty simple.

You can use SQL to generate an SQL script to transfer each table in your source database to the destination database.

You must create the destination database before running the script generated from the command.

You can use either of these two scripts (I originally suggested the former and someone "improved" my answer to use GROUP_CONCAT. Take your pick, but I prefer the original):

SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE $1.', table_name, ' TO $2.', table_name, '; ')
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE table_schema='$1';

or

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('RENAME TABLE $1.', table_name, ' TO $2.', table_name SEPARATOR '; ')
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE table_schema='$1';

($1 and $2 are source and target respectively)

This will generate a SQL command that you'll have to then run.

Note that GROUP_CONCAT has a default length limit that may be exceeded for databases with a large number of tables. You can alter that limit by running SET SESSION group_concat_max_len = 100000000; (or some other large number).

Use these few simple commands:

mysqldump -u username -p -v olddatabase > olddbdump.sql
mysqladmin -u username -p create newdatabase
mysql -u username -p newdatabase < olddbdump.sql

Or to reduce I/O use the following as suggested by @Pablo Marin-Garcia:

mysqladmin -u username -p create newdatabase
mysqldump -u username -v olddatabase -p | mysql -u username -p -D newdatabase

I posted this How do I change the database name using MySQL? today after days of head scratching and hair pulling. The solution is quite simple export a schema to a .sql file and open the file and change the database/schema name in the sql CREAT TABLE section at the top. There are three instances or more and may not be at the top of the page if multible schemas are saved to the file. It is posible to edit the entire database this way but I expect that in large databases it could be quite a pain following all instances of a table property or index.

When you rename a database in PHPMyAdmin it creates a dump, then drops and recreates the database with the new name.

UPDATE `db`SET Db = 'new_db_name' where Db = 'old_db_name';

Here is a quick way to generate renaming sql script, if you have many tables to move.

SELECT DISTINCT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE ', t.table_schema,'.', t.table_name, ' TO ',     
t.table_schema, "_archive", '.', t.table_name, ';' ) as Rename_SQL 
FROM information_schema.tables t
WHERE table_schema='your_db_name' ;

If you are using phpMyAdmin then you just go to the mysql folder in the xamp, close phpMyAdmin and just rename the folder you just see there as your database name and just restart your phpMyAdmin. You can see that that database as renamed.

There are many really good answers here already but I do not see a PHP version. This copies an 800M DB in about a second.

$oldDbName = "oldDBName";
$newDbName = "newDBName";
$oldDB     = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "pass", $oldDbName);
if($oldDB->connect_errno){
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $oldDB->connect_errno . ") " . $oldDB->connect_error;
    exit;
}
$newDBQuery = "CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS {$newDbName}";
$oldDB->query($newDBQuery);
$newDB = new mysqli("localhost", "user", "pass");
if($newDB->connect_errno){
    echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: (" . $newDB->connect_errno . ") " . $newDB->connect_error;
    exit;
}

$tableQuery  = "SHOW TABLES";
$tableResult = $oldDB->query($tableQuery);
$renameQuery = "RENAME TABLE\n";
while($table = $tableResult->fetch_array()){
    $tableName = $table["Tables_in_{$oldDbName}"];
    $renameQuery .= "{$oldDbName}.{$tableName} TO {$newDbName}.{$tableName},";
}
$renameQuery = substr($renameQuery, 0, strlen($renameQuery) - 1);
$newDB->query($renameQuery);

Steps :

  1. Hit http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
  2. Select your DB
  3. Click on Operations Tab
  4. There will be a tab as "Rename database to". Add new name and check Adjust privileges.
  5. Click on Go.

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This works for all databases and works by renaming each table with maatkit mysql toolkit

Use mk-find to print and rename each table. The man page has many more options and examples

mk-find --dblike OLD_DATABASE --print --exec "RENAME TABLE %D.%N TO NEW_DATABASE.%N"

If you have maatkit installed (which is very easy), then this is the simplest way to do it.

I did it this way: Take backup of your existing database. It will give you a db.zip.tmp and then in command prompt write following

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.6\bin\mysql.exe" -h localhost -u root -p[password] [new db name] < "C:\Backups\db.zip.tmp"

This is what I use:

$ mysqldump -u root -p olddb >~/olddb.sql
$ mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database newdb;
mysql> use newdb
mysql> source ~/olddb.sql
mysql> drop database olddb;

Simplest of all, open MYSQL >> SELECT DB whose name you want to change >> Click on "operation" then put New name in "Rename database to:" field then click "Go" button

Simple!

The simple way

Change to the database directory:

cd /var/lib/mysql/

Shut down MySQL... This is important!

/etc/init.d/mysql stop

Okay, this way doesn't work for InnoDB or BDB-Databases.

Rename database:

mv old-name new-name

...or the table...

cd database/

mv old-name.frm new-name.frm

mv old-name.MYD new-name.MYD

mv old-name.MYI new-name.MYI

Restart MySQL

/etc/init.d/mysql start

Done...

OK, this way doesn't work with InnoDB or BDB databases. In this case you have to dump the database and re-import it.

You can use SQL to generate an SQL script to transfer each table in your source database to the destination database.

You must create the destination database before running the script generated from the command.

You can use either of these two scripts (I originally suggested the former and someone "improved" my answer to use GROUP_CONCAT. Take your pick, but I prefer the original):

SELECT CONCAT('RENAME TABLE $1.', table_name, ' TO $2.', table_name, '; ')
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE table_schema='$1';

or

SELECT GROUP_CONCAT('RENAME TABLE $1.', table_name, ' TO $2.', table_name SEPARATOR '; ')
FROM information_schema.TABLES 
WHERE table_schema='$1';

($1 and $2 are source and target respectively)

This will generate a SQL command that you'll have to then run.

Note that GROUP_CONCAT has a default length limit that may be exceeded for databases with a large number of tables. You can alter that limit by running SET SESSION group_concat_max_len = 100000000; (or some other large number).

in phpmyadmin you can easily rename the database

select database 

  goto operations tab

  in that rename Database to :

  type your new database name and click go

ask to drop old table and reload table data click OK in both

Your database is renamed

Source: Stackoverflow.com

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