How do I rename a database?

Path: emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!yale.edu!jvnc.net!darwin.sura.net!ukma!daffodil!oswine.cs.odu.edu!bander From: bander@cs.odu.edu (Jim Bander) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Keywords: database, rename Message-ID: <1992Mar5.213646.14124@cs.odu.edu> Date: 5 Mar 92 21:36:46 GMT Sender: bander@cs.odu.edu (Jim Bander) Organization: Old Dominion University Dept. of CS, Norfolk VA Originator: bander@oswine.cs.odu.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: oswine.cs.odu.edu We are currently testing a large system (hundreds of 4gl and sql/c programs). To do so, we have a number of different test databases that simulate a variety of conditions. Each of the programs has a $database statement, so they access the database by a single name. Therefore to test, I have to dump whatever data is in the database, then dbimport my new test data. Therefore, my question: can I rename a database? If there were a way, then I could write shell scripts that worked as follows... dbrename real_data save_data dbrename test_data1 real_data (test programs on real_data) dbrename real_data test_data1 dbrename save_data real_data Thanks in advance, Jim Bander Tidewater Consultants, Inc. (804) 497-8951 bander@cs.odu.edu bander@xanth.uucp bander@xanth.bitnet