Make all column names lower case in MySQL with a single query



Let us first create a −

mysql> create table DemoTable1    -> (    -> StudentFirstName varchar(20),    -> StudentLastName varchar(20),    -> StudentAge int,    -> StudentCountryName varchar(20)    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (4.20 sec)

Let us now make all column names lower case in MySQL −

mysql> select concat('alter table ', table_name, ' change `', column_name, '` `',    -> lower(column_name), '` ', column_type, ';')    -> from information_schema.columns  where table_schema = 'demo';

This will produce the following output −

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | concat('alter table ', table_name, ' change `', column_name, '` `', lower(column_name), '` ', column_type, ';') | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | alter table demotable1 change `StudentFirstName` `studentfirstname` varchar(20);                                | | alter table demotable1 change `StudentLastName` `studentlastname` varchar(20);                                  | | alter table demotable1 change `StudentAge` `studentage` int(11);                                                | | alter table demotable1 change `StudentCountryName` `studentcountryname` varchar(20);                            | | alter table mytable change `MyEuroColumn` `myeurocolumn` varchar(5);                                            | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-11-11T10:20:59+05:30

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