renameSequence

Last updated: March 26, 2026

Last updated: March 25, 2026

Renames an existing sequence.

Known issue: The Liquibase renameSequence change type is not compatible for Snowflake users in Liquibase Secure 5.1 using YAML or JSON change type formats. This does not affect XML change types at all. If you’re connecting to a Snowflake database, Liquibase automatically detects you are using the Snowflake renameSequence change type and breaks backwards compatibility with the Liquibase renameSequence change type. We recommend upgrading to Liquibase Secure 5.1.1 to use createView with YAML and JSON change type formats successfully.

Run `renameSequence`

To run this Change Type, follow these steps:

Add the Change Type to your changeset, as shown in the examples on this page.
Specify any required attributes. Use the table on this page to see which ones your database requires.
Deploy your changeset by running the update command:liquibase update

Available attributes

Name	Description	Required for	Supports	Since
`catalogName`	Name of the catalog		all	3.0
`newSequenceName`	New name for the sequence	all	all
`oldSequenceName`	Existing name of the sequence to rename	all	all
`schemaName`	Name of the schema		all

Database support

Database	Notes	Auto Rollback
DB2/LUW	Not Supported	No
DB2/z	Not Supported	No
Derby	Not Supported	No
Firebird	Not Supported	No
Google BigQuery	Supported	No
H2	Not Supported	No
HyperSQL	Not Supported	No
INGRES	Not Supported	No
Informix	Not Supported	No
MariaDB	Not Supported	No
MySQL	Not Supported	No
Oracle	Supported	Yes
PostgreSQL	Supported	Yes
Snowflake	Supported	Yes
SQL Server	Supported	Yes
SQLite	Not Supported	No
Sybase	Not Supported	No
Sybase Anywhere	Supported	Yes

renameSequence examples

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:renameSequence-example
sp_rename  seq_id,  seq_id;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  renameSequence-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  renameSequence:
        catalogName:  cat
        newSequenceName:  seq_id
        oldSequenceName:  seq_id
        schemaName:  public

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "renameSequence-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "renameSequence": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "newSequenceName": "seq_id",
                            "oldSequenceName": "seq_id",
                            "schemaName": "public"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="renameSequence-example">
        <renameSequence  catalogName="cat"
            newSequenceName="seq_id"
            oldSequenceName="seq_id"
            schemaName="public"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset liquibase-docs:renameSequence-example
sp_rename  seq_id,  seq_id;

databaseChangeLog:
-  changeSet:
    id:  renameSequence-example
    author:  liquibase-docs
    changes:
    -  renameSequence:
        catalogName:  cat
        newSequenceName:  seq_id
        oldSequenceName:  seq_id
        schemaName:  public

{
    "databaseChangeLog": [
        {
            "changeSet": {
                "id": "renameSequence-example",
                "author": "liquibase-docs",
                "changes": [
                    {
                        "renameSequence": {
                            "catalogName": "cat",
                            "newSequenceName": "seq_id",
                            "oldSequenceName": "seq_id",
                            "schemaName": "public"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    ]
}

<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet  author="liquibase-docs"  id="renameSequence-example">
        <renameSequence  catalogName="cat"
            newSequenceName="seq_id"
            oldSequenceName="seq_id"
            schemaName="public"/>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

renameSequence

Run renameSequence

Available attributes

Database support

renameSequence examples

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YAML example

JSON example

XML example

Run `renameSequence`