How to rename database in multi-user mode

Question

I am working on SQL SERVER 2008 & 2008 R2. How can I rename a database in multi-user mode? I am using sp_rename but it returns this error:

Msg 15225,

Answer 1

You can't use sp_rename to rename a database - the sp in question would be sp_renamedb. However, that is in line to be removed in a future version of SQL Server and the preferred method is:

ALTER DATABASE dbname MODIFY NAME = newdbname;

But you can't do this anyway without an exclusive lock on the database.