DOH! Sorry - I totally misread the question!
A quick google for "rename database" shows Adrian is correct! -----Original Message----- From: Adrian Bruce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 9:51 AM To: George Law Cc: Hardi OK; mysql@lists.mysql.com Subject: Re: How to rename a DB Stop the server, go to the MySQL data directory and physically change the name of the directory that corresponds to the database. Restart MySQL server and SHOW DATABASES to see the change take effect. George Law wrote: > Hardi > > I rotate tables out on a monthly basis. The way I do it is: > > rename table1 to table2 > > If you need a new copy of table1, you can do : > > create table table1 like table2 > > > -- > George > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hardi OK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 11:19 PM > To: mysql@lists.mysql.com > Subject: How to rename a DB > > Hi, > > Anybody know how can i safely and easily rename a database in MySQL > 5.0.19. > Have tried some tips from google results (most of them are for MySQL > 4.x) > but no luck till now. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Rgds/Hardi > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
