renameColumn

Renames an existing column.

Available attributes

Name	Description	Required for	Supports	Since
catalogName	Name of the catalog		all	3.0
columnDataType	Data type of the column	mariadb, mysql	all
newColumnName	Name to rename the column to	all	all
oldColumnName	Name of the existing column to rename	all	all
remarks	Remarks of the column		all
schemaName	Name of the schema		all
tableName	Name of the table containing that the column to rename	all	all

XML example

<changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="renameColumn-example">  
    <renameColumn  catalogName="cat"  
            columnDataType="int"  
            newColumnName="full_name"  
            oldColumnName="name"  
            remarks="A String"  
            schemaName="public"  
            tableName="person"/>  
</changeSet>

YAML example

changeSet:  
  id:  renameColumn-example  
  author:  liquibase-docs  
  changes:  
  -  renameColumn:  
      catalogName:  cat  
      columnDataType:  int  
      newColumnName:  full_name  
      oldColumnName:  name  
      remarks:  A String  
      schemaName:  public  
      tableName:  person

JSON example

{  "changeSet":  {  "id":  "renameColumn-example",  "author":  "liquibase-docs",  "changes":  [  {  "renameColumn":  {  "catalogName":  "cat",  "columnDataType":  "int",  "newColumnName":  "full_name",  "oldColumnName":  "name",  "remarks":  "A String",  "schemaName":  "public",  "tableName":  "person"  }  }]  }  }

SQL example

ALTER  TABLE  cat.person  CHANGE  name  full_name  INT  COMMENT  'A String';

Database support

Database	Notes	Auto rollback
DB2/LUW	Supported	Yes
DB2/z	Supported	Yes
Derby	Supported	Yes
Firebird	Supported	Yes
H2	Supported	Yes
HyperSQL	Supported	Yes
INGRES	Supported	Yes
Informix	Supported	Yes
MariaDB	Supported	Yes
MySQL	Supported	Yes
Oracle	Supported	Yes
PostgreSQL	Supported	Yes
SQL Server	Supported	Yes
SQLite	Not Supported	Yes
Sybase	Supported	Yes
Sybase Anywhere	Supported	Yes