Threw unexpected error in Renaming a column name in MYSQL

Question

ALTER TABLE
    customer
RENAME COLUMN
    dob TO birthdate date;

it threw an error.

The error body says:

Error Static analysis:

1 errors were found during analysis.

Missing comma before start of a new alter operation. (near "TO" at position 50) SQL query: Copy

ALTER TABLE customer RENAME COLUMN dob TO birthdate date

MySQL said: Documentation

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'COLUMN dob TO birthdate date' at line 3

This question has already been answered here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30290880/rename-a-column-in-mysql — wosi, Oct 01 '21 at 07:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 23 '21 at 06:07

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Use

ALTER TABLE customer CHANGE dob birthdate date;

RENAME COLUMN TO is only used to change name, and in Oracle databases.

edited Oct 23 '21 at 06:07

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answered Oct 01 '21 at 07:20

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Threw unexpected error in Renaming a column name in MYSQL

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