Home Next Previous SQL RENAME COLUMN THE SQL has a standard stored procedure called SP_RENAME for renaming a column in an existing table. Syntax:              EXEC SP_RENAME ‘[table_name].[old column name]’ , ‘[New Column Name]’ , ‘COLUMN’ Example:  Objective: In this example, we will be renaming the dept column to the department in the emp table.           EXEC SP_RENAME ‘tbl_emp.dept’,’dept’,’department’;