PostgreSQL Alter Table: Alter a table to change its name
1. Write a SQL statement to rename the table countries to country_new.
Here is the list of tables.
tablename | tableowner ---------------+------------ orders | postgres employees | postgres job_history | postgres jobs | postgres locations | postgres regions | postgres countries | postgres (7 rows)
Sample Solution:
Code:
ALTER TABLE countries RENAME TO country_new;
Output:
Now, after execute the command see the list of tables.
tablename | tableowner ---------------+------------ orders | postgres employees | postgres job_history | postgres jobs | postgres locations | postgres regions | postgres country_new | postgres (7 rows)
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