Can't get stored procedure to work

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Can't get stored procedure to work

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JJ297
Aged Yak Warrior

940 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-06 : 14:55:44

I'm getting incorrect syntax near the word to

Drop Table LastDiary
alter Table CurrentDiary to LastDiary

I want to drop the table LastDiary and change the name of CurrentDiary to LastDiary.

tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess

38200 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-06 : 14:58:29

You can't do that via ALTER TABLE. You can change the name with sp_rename.

From BOL:

quote:

Examples
A. Renaming a table
The following example renames the SalesTerritory table to SalesTerr.

USE AdventureWorks;
GO
EXEC sp_rename 'Sales.SalesTerritory', 'SalesTerr';
GO

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JJ297
Aged Yak Warrior

940 Posts

Posted - 2009-04-06 : 15:11:41

Thanks got it:

Drop Table "LastDiary"
Exec sp_rename "Current", "LastDiary"

tkizer
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Posted - 2009-04-06 : 15:13:14

You're welcome.

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jimf
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

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Posted - 2009-04-06 : 15:18:29

If you have a sproc dropping the table, there's probably one creating it. Would
TRUNCATE TABLE LastDiary
INSERT INTO LastDiary
SELECT <columns>
FROM CurrentDiary

work?

Jim

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