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<h1>7.1. ALTER TABLE</h1>
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<div class="highlight-none"><div class="highlight"><pre>ALTER TABLE name RENAME TO new_name
ALTER TABLE name RENAME COLUMN column_name TO new_column_name
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<p>Change the definition of an existing table.</p>
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<p>Rename table <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">users</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">people</span></tt>:</p>
<div class="highlight-sql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">users</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="n">people</span><span class="p">;</span>
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<p>Rename column <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">id</span></tt> to <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">user_id</span></tt> in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">users</span></tt> table:</p>
<div class="highlight-sql"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">ALTER</span> <span class="k">TABLE</span> <span class="n">users</span> <span class="k">RENAME</span> <span class="k">COLUMN</span> <span class="n">id</span> <span class="k">TO</span> <span class="n">user_id</span><span class="p">;</span>
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