http://www.acehints.com/2011/06/oracle-9i-10g-11g-methods-to-rename.html Method 1 Suppose we wanted to rename the Scott user to Tiger. Step1.

Export the scott schema details to a dump file using exp or expdp utility Object list of Scott user is given below. SQL> select object_name, object_type from all_objects where owner='SCOTT'; OBJECT_NAME -----------------------------DEPT EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE SYS_C00278761 EMP1 EXAMPLE_PARTITION TMP$$_SYS_C002787610 GT_EMP 9 rows selected. OBJECT_TYPE ------------------TABLE TABLE PARTITION TABLE PARTITION TABLE INDEX TABLE TABLE INDEX TABLE

$ expdp dumpfile=scott.dmp logfile=scott.log directory=exp_dir schemas=SCOTT Export: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production on Wednesday, 22 June, 2011 1:45:10 Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, Oracle. Username: / as sysdba Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options Starting "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_SCHEMA_01": /******** AS SYSDBA dumpfile=scott.dmp logfile=scott.log directory=exp_dir schemas=SCOTT Estimate in progress using BLOCKS method... Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA Total estimation using BLOCKS method: 3.437 MB Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/USER Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/SYSTEM_GRANT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/ROLE_GRANT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/DEFAULT_ROLE Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/PRE_SCHEMA/PROCACT_SCHEMA Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/INDEX/INDEX Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/CONSTRAINT/CONSTRAINT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/INDEX/STATISTICS/INDEX_STATISTICS Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/STATISTICS/TABLE_STATISTICS . . exported "SCOTT"."EXAMPLE_PARTITION" 837.4 KB 95120 rows . . exported "SCOTT"."EXAMPLE":"EXAMPLE_P1" 441.3 KB 49999 rows All rights reserved.

. . exported "SCOTT"."EXAMPLE":"EXAMPLE_P2" 408.3 KB 45121 rows . . exported "SCOTT"."DEPT" 5.945 KB 4 rows . . exported "SCOTT"."EMP1" 5.890 KB 3 rows Master table "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_SCHEMA_01" successfully loaded/unloaded ****************************************************************************** Dump file set for SYS.SYS_EXPORT_SCHEMA_01 is: /home/oracle/SCOTT/scott.dmp Job "SYS"."SYS_EXPORT_SCHEMA_01" successfully completed at 01:55:10

Step3. Create the target user(TIGER) in the database with necessary privileges. SQL> create user tiger identified by welcome; User created. SQL> alter user tiger default tablespace users; User altered. SQL> alter user tiger quota unlimited on users; User altered. Step4. Import the dump to the new user with remap schema option with impdp or fromuser touser option in imp utility. $ impdp dumpfile=scott.dmp logfile=imp_scott.log directory=exp_dir remap_schema=scott:tiger Import: Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production on Wednesday, 22 June, 2011 2:05:38 Copyright (c) 2003, 2007, Oracle. Username: / as sysdba Connected to: Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Data Mining and Real Application Testing options Master table "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01" successfully loaded/unloaded Starting "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01": /******** AS SYSDBA dumpfile=scott.dmp logfile=imp_scott.log directory=exp_dir remap_schema=scott:tiger Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/USER ORA-31684: Object type USER:"TIGER" already exists Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/SYSTEM_GRANT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/ROLE_GRANT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/DEFAULT_ROLE Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/PRE_SCHEMA/PROCACT_SCHEMA Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/TABLE_DATA . . imported "TIGER"."EXAMPLE_PARTITION" 837.4 KB 95120 rows . . imported "TIGER"."EXAMPLE":"EXAMPLE_P1" 441.3 KB 49999 rows . . imported "TIGER"."EXAMPLE":"EXAMPLE_P2" 408.3 KB 45121 rows . . imported "TIGER"."DEPT" 5.945 KB 4 rows . . imported "TIGER"."EMP1" 5.890 KB 3 rows Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/INDEX/INDEX Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/CONSTRAINT/CONSTRAINT Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/INDEX/STATISTICS/INDEX_STATISTICS Processing object type SCHEMA_EXPORT/TABLE/STATISTICS/TABLE_STATISTICS All rights reserved.

Job "SYS"."SYS_IMPORT_FULL_01" completed with 1 error(s) at 02:05:55 You can ignore the error, why because the user already created manually. Step5: Validate the object list SQL> select object_name, object_type from all_objects where owner='TIGER'; OBJECT_NAME -----------------------------DEPT EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE SYS_C00278761 EMP1 EXAMPLE_PARTITION TMP$$_SYS_C002787610 GT_EMP 9 rows selected. OBJECT_TYPE ------------------TABLE TABLE PARTITION TABLE PARTITION TABLE INDEX TABLE TABLE INDEX TABLE

Method 2 : This method is not recommended by oracle because this is a manual updation of data dictionary tables. SQL> select object_name, object_type from all_objects where owner='SCOTT'; OBJECT_NAME -----------------------------DEPT EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE SYS_C00278761 EMP1 EXAMPLE_PARTITION TMP$$_SYS_C002787610 GT_EMP 9 rows selected. OBJECT_TYPE ------------------TABLE TABLE PARTITION TABLE PARTITION TABLE INDEX TABLE TABLE INDEX TABLE

Step 1. Connect to sqlplus using sys as sysdba Step 2. Update the name column of sys.user$ table for the scott user as tiger SQL> update user$ set name='TIGER' where name='SCOTT'; 1 row updated. Step 3. Reset the password of Tiger user SQL> alter user tiger identified by welcome; User altered. Step 4 Connect to the Tiger user and validate the objects

SQL> select object_name, object_type from all_objects where owner='SCOTT'; OBJECT_NAME -----------------------------DEPT EXAMPLE EXAMPLE EXAMPLE SYS_C00278761 EMP1 EXAMPLE_PARTITION TMP$$_SYS_C002787610 GT_EMP 9 rows selected. OBJECT_TYPE ------------------TABLE TABLE PARTITION TABLE PARTITION TABLE INDEX TABLE TABLE INDEX TABLE