how does one rename a schema in MySQL

Question

Hi I am using mysql 5.0.x

How do I rename a schema?

Answer 1

Don't use RENAME DATABASE!!!

Early 5.1 versions had this command but it's been removed since it can corrupt data (reference).

The only way at present is

mysqladmin create new_db_name
mysqldump db_name | mysql new_db_name

as referred to here

Edit: Obviously this answer will become dated once this gets fixed.