Comments on: Rename Column

By: Don Schaeffer

Don Schaeffer — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 14:51:43 +0000

I have been able to rename columns regardless of their membership in primary or foreign keys without issue. However, I received the message “cannot be renamed because the object participates in enforced dependencies” for a column that had a check constraint.

By: Derek Dieter

Derek Dieter — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:13:34 +0000

Hi Kashyap,

With SQL Server, the only way to change the column name is to use sp_rename. This can be verified by doing a trace when changing a column name using SSMS.

Derek

By: Kashyap

Kashyap — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:16:57 +0000

hai
is there any other process to change the name of the column by using alter or update i know the process of sp_rename i want to know the code using alter and update

By: Derek Dieter

Derek Dieter — Mon, 10 May 2010 22:32:36 +0000

Hi, you have to use sp_rename:

EXEC sp_rename ‘dbo.OldTableName’, ‘NewTableName’

Realize however that any object that reference this table will no longer work. (i.e. stored procedures, views).

By: subbu

subbu — Mon, 10 May 2010 05:18:09 +0000

how to rename a table in sql?