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Created August 26, 2011 16:20
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Simple script to move all tables from one database to another. Please don't use this in production as it could fail horribly. Also, RENAME table doesn't work on views, so they won't be migrated.
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rename-db.sh
#!/bin/sh
OLD_DB=$1
NEW_DB=$2
TABLES=`echo "SHOW TABLES IN $1;" | mysql -NB`
IFS="
"
for TABLE in $TABLES; do
$(echo "RENAME TABLE \`$1\`.\`$TABLE\` TO \`$2\`.\`$TABLE\`;" | mysql)
done
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mceachen commented Apr 2, 2014

Depending on your database engine, foreign keys will point to the OLD_DB, even after the RENAME TABLE.

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