DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2; CREATE TABLE t1(c1 INTEGER NULL); CREATE TABLE t2(c1 INTEGER NULL); SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 t2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 RENAME TABLE t2 TO t1; ERROR 42S01: Table 't1' already exists RENAME TABLE t3 TO t1; ERROR 42S01: Table 't1' already exists RENAME TABLE t3 TO doesnotexist.t1; ERROR HY000: Can't find file: './test/t3.frm' (errno: 2 - No such file or directory) SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 t2 SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `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; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 DROP TABLE t1;