Bug #47885 enlarge RENAME syntax
Submitted: 7 Oct 2009 7:07 Modified: 7 Oct 2009 16:33
Reporter: Hans Ginzel Email Updates:
Status: Verified Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: DDL Severity:S4 (Feature request)
Version:5.4 OS:Any
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any
Tags: rename column renaming

[7 Oct 2009 7:07] Hans Ginzel
Description:
Please enlarge the reneame syntax:

RENAME [ AND REPLACE ] { COLUMN | TABLE | VIEW | INDEX | FUNCTION | PROCEDURE | TRIGGER | SCHEMA | DTABASE | SERVER | EVENT } [ IF EXISTS ] old_name TO new_name;

How to repeat:
RENAME COLUMN old_name TO new_name;
[7 Oct 2009 7:41] Valeriy Kravchuk
RENAME COLUMN part looks like a duplicate of bug #32497. Please, check.
[7 Oct 2009 14:32] Hans Ginzel
Yes, but another syntax is suggested (ALTER TABLE).

Do not confuse with table renaming using current syntax
ALTER TABLE RENAME [TO] new_tbl_name;
[19 Jul 2011 11:44] Valeriy Kravchuk
Bug #61906 was marked as a duplicate of this one.