Albertech.net » rename database http://albertech.net Tips, Tricks, and Reviews in Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 MySQL – rename a database http://albertech.net/2008/12/mysql-rename-a-database/ http://albertech.net/2008/12/mysql-rename-a-database/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:16:31 +0000 admin http://albertech.net/?p=51 mysqladmin create [Name of new database] mysqldump --opt [Name of old database] | mysql [Name of new database]]]>

I looked through the documentation on MySQL and it looks like they removed the “rename database” option. Here’s a workaround:

mysqladmin create [Name of new database]
mysqldump –opt [Name of old database] | mysql [Name of new database]

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