How do I quickly rename a MySQL database (change schema name)?

Question

The MySQL manual at MySQL covers this.

Usually I just dump the database and reimport it with a new name. This is not an option for very big databases. Apparently

Answer 1

You may use this shell script:

Reference: How to rename a MySQL database?

#!/bin/bash
set -e # terminate execution on command failure

mysqlconn="mysql -u root -proot"
olddb=$1
newdb=$2
$mysqlconn -e "CREATE DATABASE $newdb"
params=$($mysqlconn -N -e "SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES \
                           WHERE table_schema='$olddb'")
for name in $params; do
      $mysqlconn -e "RENAME TABLE $olddb.$name to $newdb.$name";
done;
$mysqlconn -e "DROP DATABASE $olddb"

It's working:

$ sh rename_database.sh oldname newname