Permissions
To rename objects, columns, and indexes, requires ALTER permission on the object. To rename user types, requires CONTROL permission on the type. To rename a database, requires membership in the sysadmin or dbcreator fixed server roles. To rename a ledger table, ALTER LEDGER permission is required.
Examples
A. Rename a table
The following example renames the SalesTerritory table to SalesTerr in the Sales schema.
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USE AdventureWorks2012;
GO
EXEC sp_rename 'Sales.SalesTerritory', 'SalesTerr';
GO
