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MySQL Alter Table - How to rename table names and column names in mysql ?

If you have access to a web administration tool like phpAdmin then you can use that to rename (alter) table and column names.
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RENAME TABLE oldtable_name TO newtable_name;

ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE oldcolumn_name newcolumn_name oldtype(oldsize);

ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE column_name column_name newtype(newsize);

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