Problem renaming table
Hello All: I would like to rename a table if it exists. The following query IF EXISTS ALTER TABLE gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. also ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. 1)What is the correct syntax? 2)Where is documentation. I'm using ver. 3.23.41 Thanks very much. tim -- Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com http://www.johnsons-web.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem renaming table
Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to rename a table if it exists. The following query IF EXISTS ALTER TABLE gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. also ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. 1)What is the correct syntax? You should check if table exists, and then rename table. 2)Where is documentation. I'm using ver. 3.23.41 Documentation is included in all MySQL distributions. You can also find online documentation at: http://www.mysql.com/documentation/index.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ /Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net ___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem renaming table
* Tim Johnson [...] I would like to rename a table if it exists. The following query IF EXISTS ALTER TABLE gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. also ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. 1)What is the correct syntax? You should check if table exists, and then rename table. :-) Igor, I appreciate the effort, but if you read above, I understand that logic but my poor attempt at syntax has failed :-(. You seem to be assuming that there exists a single command which will do these two operations at the same time? There is no such command. To check if a table exist, you can examine the list returned by SHOW TABLES, or you can check if SHOW TABLES LIKE tablename return anything, or you can simply assume that the table does not exist if ALTER TABLE tablename RENAME newname fails. HTH, -- Roger -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem renaming table
* Egor Egorov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030814 03:49]: Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to rename a table if it exists. The following query IF EXISTS ALTER TABLE gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. also ALTER TABLE IF EXISTS gwcc_members RENAME gwcc_members_bak; fails. 1)What is the correct syntax? You should check if table exists, and then rename table. :-) Igor, I appreciate the effort, but if you read above, I understand that logic but my poor attempt at syntax has failed :-(. 2)Where is documentation. I'm using ver. 3.23.41 Documentation is included in all MySQL distributions. You can also find online documentation at: http://www.mysql.com/documentation/index.html Thanks again, my friend, I am aware of the existence of the documentation, but it is very voluminous, if someone reading this could point me to something more specific, I would appreciate it greatly. Regards ~tj~ -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ /Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net ___/ www.mysql.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tim Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com http://www.johnsons-web.com -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
