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Tip: The sp_rename SQL Stored Procedure

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You can not use the ALTER TABLE statement in SQL Server to rename a column in a table. You can however, use the sp_rename stored procedure if you do not want to drop and recreate the table again.

Listing 1. Here is an example of the sp_rename syntax

sp_rename 'TABLE.OLD_COLUMN_NAME', 'NEW_COLUMN_NAME', 'COLUMN';

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