To change column name in MySQL Table, ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE old_column_name new_column_name DATA_TYPE; For example,to change misspelled column name 'fist_name', ALTER TABLE users CHANGE fist_name first_name VARCHAR(64); In addition, you can change multiple column names in a query and set languages, default value, etc. ALTER TABLE users CHANGE fist_name first_name VARCHAR( 64 ) NOT NULL, CHANGE username user_name VARCHAR( 32 ) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE gend gender TINYINT( 1 ) NOT NULL DEFAULT 0;
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