I think the correct way... as planned for the 5.1 release is as follows:
-- ---------- Start renaming database named "old_db" into "new_db" CREATE DATABASE new_db; ALTER TABLE old_db.table_1 RENAME new_db.table1; ALTER TABLE old_db.table_2 RENAME new_db.table2; ................................................................................ ALTER TABLE old_db.table_N RENAME new_db.tableN; DROP DATABASE old_db; -- ---------- End renaming database -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Gabriel PREDA Senior Web Developer