sql modify column name code example

Example 1: change column names mssql

--The following example renames the column TerritoryID in the table Sales.SalesTerritory to TerrID in the AdventureWorks database.

EXEC sp_rename 'Sales.SalesTerritory.TerritoryID', 'TerrID', 'COLUMN';

Example 2: sql rename column

EXEC SP_RENAME 'TABLE_NAME.OLD_COLUMN_NAME','NEW_COLUMN_NAME'

Example 3: change name of colum in sql table

ALTER TABLE "table_name" RENAME COLUMN "column 1" TO "column 2";

Example 4: how to change a collumn name in sql

ALTER TABLE `table_name` 
CHANGE `old_name` `new_name` VARCHAR(10) 
CHARACTER SET utf8 
COLLATE utf8_general_ci NULL 
DEFAULT NULL;

Example 5: change column name in sql

MySQL:
ALTER TABLE Customer CHANGE Address Addr char(50);

Oracle:
ALTER TABLE Customer RENAME COLUMN Address TO Addr;

Example 6: modify column name in tsql

sp_rename 'table_name.old_column', 'new_name', 'COLUMN';