This may already be implemented, but the MySQL Technical Reference for Version 3.23.41 states:
1.6.2 Things that must be done in the real near future: - Implement RENAME DATABASE. To make this safe for all table handlers, it should work as follows: - Create the new database. - For every table do a rename of the table to another database, as we do with the RENAME command. - Drop the old database. Of course, you should be able to simply rename the folder that contains your tables.... you could script it if you had to, either in Perl or a Win32 batch file, depending on your system. # Nathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "JC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 12:10 PM Subject: renaming a database -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm kind of interested to find if there is a way to rename a database with something like the alter command. Looking in the index of the New Riders MySQL book I don't see anything other than renaming tables Looking through the Manual for version 3 Nothing shows up Looking at the mailing list archieve I don't see anything either I'm running 3.23.46-nt running on windows 2000 advanced server as a service. I'm thinking that the only way around this would be to do a mysqldump for that database and then creating a new database with the desired name and importing the contents of the dump file. I'd like to be able to just rename the database from the command line just like you would a table. Thanks in advance, JC -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPFhE+XX+hJvt5DtWEQLSDQCgozPP+RqD56w4BQa8V+d/EviLH3EAnjN0 1TJ0ZkSsYXT0wiGWDarMwNRb =zrmt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
