RENAME COLUMN

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The RENAME COLUMN statement changes the name of a column in a table.

Note:

It is not possible to rename a column referenced by a view. For more details, see View Dependencies.

Synopsis

The user must have the CREATE privilege on the table.

Parameter	Description
`IF EXISTS`	Rename the column only if a column of `current_name` exists; if one does not exist, do not return an error.
`table_name`	The name of the table with the column you want to use.
`current_name`	The current name of the column.
`name`	The `name` you want to use for the column, which must be unique to its table and follow these identifier rules.

Whenever you initiate a schema change, CockroachDB registers it as a job, which you can view with SHOW JOBS.

> SELECT * FROM users;

+----+-------+-------+
| id | name  | title |
+----+-------+-------+
|  1 | Tom   | cat   |
|  2 | Jerry | rat   |
+----+-------+-------+

> ALTER TABLE users RENAME COLUMN title TO species;

> SELECT * FROM users;

+----+-------+---------+
| id | name  | species |
+----+-------+---------+
|  1 | Tom   | cat     |
|  2 | Jerry | rat     |
+----+-------+---------+