Oracle 12c: SQL
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9781305251038
Author: Joan Casteel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 10MC
Which of the following commands changes a table’s name from OLDNAME to NEWNAME?
- a. RENAME oldname TO newname;
- b. RENAME cable FROM oldname TO newname;
- c. ALTER TABLE oldname MODIFY TO newname;
- d. CREATE TABLE newname (SELECT * FROM oldname);
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