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=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci 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 42000: Unknown database 'doesnotexist' 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=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci SHOW CREATE TABLE t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `c1` int(11) DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=ENGINE DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci DROP TABLE t2; SHOW TABLES; Tables_in_test t1 DROP TABLE t1;