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

Seems noone mentioned this but here is another way:

create database NewDatabaseName like OldDatabaseName;

then for each table do:

create NewDatabaseName.tablename like OldDatabaseName.tablename;
insert into NewDataBaseName.tablename select * from OldDatabaseName.tablename;

then, if you want to,

drop database OldDatabaseName;

This approach would have the advantage of doing the entire transfer on server with near zero network traffic, so it will go a lot faster than a dump/restore.

If you do have stored procedures/views/etc you might want to transfer them as well.