How to rename a column name in maria DB
Solution 1
Table names, column names, etc, may need quoting with backticks, but not with apostrophes ('
) or double quotes ("
).
ALTER TABLE subject
CHANGE COLUMN `course_number` -- old name; notice optional backticks
course_id -- new name
varchar(255); -- must include all the datatype info
Solution 2
Starting with MariaDB 10.5.2 you should be able to do
ALTER TABLE subject RENAME COLUMN course_number TO course_id;
see https://mariadb.com/kb/en/alter-table/#rename-column
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Updated on January 09, 2022Comments
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Kaveen Hyacinth over 2 years
I am new to SQL, I was trying to change column name in my database's table. I am using 'xampp' with 'maria DB' (OS - Ubuntu 18.04)
I tried all of the followings:
ALTER TABLE subject RENAME COLUMN course_number TO course_id; ALTER TABLE subject CHANGE course_number course_id; ALTER TABLE subject CHANGE 'course_number' 'course_id'; ALTER TABLE subject CHANGE COLUMN 'course_number' course_id varchar(255); ALTER TABLE subject CHANGE 'course_number' 'course_id' varchar(255);
But the only output I got was:
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'column course_number to course_id' at line 1
Could someone please tell me what is the correct answer. I have no idea what to do further.
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Jake Lee over 5 yearsPossible duplicate of Change column name in MariaDB
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ToujouAya over 5 yearsYou should change the symbol from ' to this `
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Kaveen Hyacinth over 5 yearsthank you @ToujouAya. That was the mistake.
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Kaveen Hyacinth over 5 years@JakeSteam It is a different from my question. He has messed up ' . ' with table name, in my case I was using the wrong symbol through out all the program.
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Michael restore Monica Cellio about 3 yearsMariaDB [socialnet]> ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN current_lat TO was_lat;<br/> ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'COLUMN current_lat TO was_lat' at line 1
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Robert Hickman about 3 years@Michael, maybe you’re using the wrong version? You can show your version with
SELECT VERSION()
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Michael restore Monica Cellio about 3 years10.3.22-MariaDB-1:10.3.22+maria~xenial-log
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Michael restore Monica Cellio about 3 yearsI ended up using
change column
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Robert Hickman about 3 years@MichaelrestoreMonicaCellio, yeah your version doesn't support the newer
RENAME COLUMN
way of doing it.