# Alter table without renaming

**URL:** <https://forums.percona.com/t/alter-table-without-renaming/3484>\
**Category:** Percona Toolkit\
**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alter-table-without-renaming/3484 "2014-05-19T00:46:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![prashanth.g](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@prashanth.g](https://forums.percona.com/u/prashanth.g)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alter-table-without-renaming/3484/1 "2014-05-19T00:46:31Z")

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How to avoid renaming the table while using pt-online-schema-change. I do not want the renaming to happen. Is there any option that i can provide along with pt-online-schema-change?

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**Author:** ![scott.nemes](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/scott.nemes/32/5_2.png) [@scott.nemes](https://forums.percona.com/u/scott.nemes)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/alter-table-without-renaming/3484/2 "2014-05-19T16:32:04Z")

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The tool is built around renaming the table. What is the reason for wanting to avoid the rename?