Change Schema Name Of Table In SQL - sql

Question

I want to change schema name of table Employees in Database. In the current table Employees database schema name is dbo I want to change it to exe. How can I do it ?
Example:
FROM
dbo.Employees
TO
exe.Employees
I tried with this query:
ALTER SCHEMA exe TRANSFER dbo.Employees
But this gives me an error:
Cannot alter the schema 'exe', because it does not exist or you do not
have permission.
What did I miss?

Answer 1

Create Schema :
IF (NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.schemas WHERE name = 'exe'))
BEGIN
EXEC ('CREATE SCHEMA [exe] AUTHORIZATION [dbo]')
END
ALTER Schema :
ALTER SCHEMA exe
TRANSFER dbo.Employees

Answer 2

ALTER SCHEMA NewSchema TRANSFER [OldSchema].[TableName]
I always have to use the brackets when I use the ALTER SCHEMA query in SQL, or I get an error message.

Answer 3

Try below
declare #sql varchar(8000), #table varchar(1000), #oldschema varchar(1000), #newschema varchar(1000)
set #oldschema = 'dbo'
set #newschema = 'exe'
while exists(select * from sys.tables where schema_name(schema_id) = #oldschema)
begin
select #table = name from sys.tables
where object_id in(select min(object_id) from sys.tables where schema_name(schema_id) = #oldschema)
set #sql = 'alter schema ' + #newschema + ' transfer ' + #oldschema + '.' + #table
exec(#sql)
end

Answer 4

CREATE SCHEMA exe AUTHORIZATION [dbo]
GO
ALTER SCHEMA exe
TRANSFER dbo.Employees
GO

Answer 5

Through SSMS, I created a new schema by:
Clicking the Security folder in the Object Explorer within my server,
right clicked Schemas
Selected "New Schema..."
Named my new schema (exe in your case)
Hit OK
I found this post to change the schema, but was also getting the same permissions error when trying to change to the new schema. I have several databases listed in my SSMS, so I just tried specifying the database and it worked:
USE (yourservername)
ALTER SCHEMA exe TRANSFER dbo.Employees

Answer 6

Your Code is:
FROM
dbo.Employees
TO
exe.Employees
I tried with this query.
ALTER SCHEMA exe TRANSFER dbo.Employees
Just write create schema exe and execute it

Answer 7

Check out MSDN...
CREATE SCHEMA: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189462.aspx
Then
ALTER SCHEMA: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173423.aspx
Or you can check it on on SO...
How do I move a table into a schema in T-SQL

Answer 8

Make sure you're in the right database context in SSMS. Got the same error as you, but I knew the schema already existed. Didn't realize I was in 'MASTER' context. ALTER worked after I changed context to my database.

Answer 9

In case, someone looking for lower version -
For SQL Server 2000:
sp_changeobjectowner #objname = 'dbo.Employess' , #newowner ='exe'

Answer 10

Be very very careful renaming objects in sql. You can cause dependencies to fail if you are not fully away with what you are doing. Having said that this works easily(too much so) for renaming things provided you have access proper on the environment:
exec sp_rename 'Nameofobject', 'ReNameofobject'

Answer 11

also you can transfer your data from default schema 'dbo' to your schema
from wizard by
1-double click on db diagram
2- right click on your certian entity --> select properties
3- on right at identity , change the schema name

Answer 12

For SQL2019:
ALTER SCHEMA [SCEMAYOUWANTTOTRANSFERTO] TRANSFER [CURRENTSCHEMA].[TABLENAME];
Example:
ALTER SCHEMA [dbo] TRANSFER [Curated].[MyTable];