MariaDB: RENAME USER statement

This MariaDB tutorial explains how to use the MariaDB RENAME USER statement with syntax and examples.

Description

The RENAME USER statement is used to rename a user in the MariaDB database.

Syntax

The syntax for the RENAME USER statement in MariaDB is:

RENAME USER
  user_name TO new_name;

Parameters or Arguments

user_name

The name of the user to rename in the MariaDB database.

new_name

The new name to assign to the user.

Example

Let's look at how to rename a user in MariaDB using the RENAME USER statement.

For example:

RENAME USER
  'AODBA'@'localhost' TO 'dbd'@'localhost';

In this example, the RENAME USER statement would rename the user called AODBA to dbd in the MariaDB database.

Rename more than one user

How can you rename more than one user at a time in MariaDB? You can use the RENAME USER statement to rename multiple users by comma separating the user name values.

For example:

RENAME USER
  'AODBA'@'localhost' TO 'dbd'@'localhost',
  'checkyoursite'@'localhost' TO 'cym'@'localhost';

This RENAME USER example would rename two users in MariaDB. The first user called AODBA would be renamed to dbd and the second user called checkyoursite would be renamed to cym.