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Home -> Community -> Usenet -> c.d.o.misc -> Re: How to rename a table ?
You can use rename to rename a table:
SQL> create table a ( a int );
Table created.
SQL> insert into a values ( 1234567890 );
1 row created.
SQL> rename a to b;
Table renamed.
SQL> select * from b;
A
SQL> <quote>
SYNTAX: RENAME old TO new
where:
old
is the current name of an existing table, view, sequence, or private synonym.
new
is the new name to be given to the existing object.
PREREQUISITES:
The object must be in your own schema.
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On Thu, 02 Jan 1997 21:19:09 -0600, Tony DeFelice <tonyd_at_communique.net> wrote:
>Atif Ahmad Khan wrote:
>>
>> I have a table that is serving data to web users around the clock.
>> Its a rather huge table, has a primary key and a couple of indices also.
>>
>> I figured that instead of trying to update 5,000 rows in the main
>> 200,000 rows table, I may be better off doing it all to a temporary
>> table while dropping its indices to improve performance and when I am
>> done, drop the main table and rename the temporary table as the main table.
>>
>> Is this possible ? Also is this a good solution ? I looked up the alter
>> table command in the SQL Reference manual and did not find a way to rename
>> a table.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>>
>> Atif Khan
>> aak2_at_ra.msstate.edu
>
>There is no way to rename a table in Oracle...
>
>You can however create a new table with the same definition as an
>existing table by using an insert into statement such as:
>
>insert into <newtablename>
>select * from <existingtablename>
>
>In your case, I would look more closely at your indexing, because
>updating 5,000 rows out of 200,000 rows is not that much...
>
>1st try to create an index (or a temporary index) on the entire where
>clause of your update statement.
>
>If this doesn't speed things up enough, you may wish to try inserting
>new rows into a non indexed table, then creatinging indexes on it.
Thomas Kyte
Oracle Government
tkyte_at_us.oracle.com
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