DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INTEGER NULL); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 RENAME TABLE t1 TO t2; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t2; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test