How to rename a table in SQL Server?

Question

The SQL query that I have used is :

ALTER TABLE oldtable RENAME TO newtable;

But, it gives me an error.

Answer 1

To rename a column:

sp_rename 'table_name.old_column_name', 'new_column_name' , 'COLUMN';

To rename a table:

sp_rename 'old_table_name','new_table_name';