PostgreSQL Alter Table: Alter a table to change its name

1. Write a SQL statement to rename the table countries to country_new.

Here is the list of tables.

   tablename   | tableowner
---------------+------------
 orders        | postgres
 employees     | postgres
 job_history   | postgres
 jobs          | postgres
 locations     | postgres
 regions       | postgres
 countries     | postgres
(7 rows)

Sample Solution:

Code:

ALTER TABLE countries RENAME TO country_new;

Output:

Now, after execute the command see the list of tables.

   tablename   | tableowner
---------------+------------
 orders        | postgres
 employees     | postgres
 job_history   | postgres
 jobs          | postgres
 locations     | postgres
 regions       | postgres
 country_new   | postgres
(7 rows)

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