DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2,t3; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INTEGER NULL); CREATE DATABASE d1; CREATE TABLE d1.t2(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 SHOW CREATE TABLE d1.t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 RENAME TABLE t1 TO d1.t3; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test USE d1; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_d1 t2 t3 SHOW CREATE TABLE t3; Table Create Table t3 CREATE TABLE `t3` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 SHOW CREATE TABLE t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 DROP TABLE t2,t3; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_d1 DROP DATABASE d1;