how to rename a table without re creating it

Question

I didn\'t find a RENAME option to alter table name. I have a case that I must rename a table, and the only way is to select with result to new table. this query cost money,

Answer 1

Use except function to rename your dataset

bq query --destination_table practiceDataset.test_sales_orc --replace --use_legacy_sql=false 'SELECT
   * EXCEPT(
    _col16 ),
    _col16 as ingestion_tsp
  FROM (
    SELECT
        * EXCEPT(
            _col0,
            _col1,
            _col2,
            _col3,
            _col4,
            _col5,
            _col6,
            _col7,
            _col8,
            _col9,
            _col10,
            _col11,
            _col12,
            _col13,
            _col14,
            _col15),
            _col0 as order_number,
            _col1 as order_line_number,
            _col2 as version,
            _col3 as order_date,
            _col4 as extamt,
            _col5 as quantity,
            _col6 as vlucost,
            _col7 as model_number,
            _col8 as credit_amount,
            _col9 as written_sales,
            _col10 as product_category,
            _col11 as product_category_code,
            _col12 as product_class,
            _col13 as description_model,
            _col14 as location_code,
            _col15 as location_description
     FROM practiceDataset.sales_data
)'