SP_RENAMEDB: Here SP stands for Stored Procedure.

This stored procedure is used to

change the name of the existing database.

Syntax: SP_RENAMEDB ‘OLD DATABASENAME’, ‘NEW DATABASENAME’

E.g.: SP_RENAMEDB ‘NRSTT’, ‘NRSTTS’

The above statement renames (changes the database name) NRSTT to NRSTTS

SP_RENAME: This stored procedure is used for changing the name of the table and for
changing the name of the column

i. Syntax to change the name of the table

SP_RENAME ‘OLD TABLENAME’, ‘NEW TABLENAME’

E.g. SP_RENAME ‘EMP’, ‘EMPLOY’

The above stored procedure changes the name of EMP table to EMPLOY

ii. Syntax to change the name of the column

SP_RENAME ‘TABLE.OLDCOLUMN NAME’, ‘NEW COLUMNNAME’

E.g. SP_RENAME ‘STUDENT.ADR’, ‘ADDRESS’

The above stored procedure changes the name of ADR column to ADDRESS in
STUDENT table.

SP_HELP: This stored procedure is used to display the description of a specific table.

Syntax: SP_HELP TABLENAME

E.g.: SP_HELP EMP

The above stored procedure displays the description of EMP table

SP_DATADASES: This Stored procedure displays the list of databases available in SQL
Server.

Syntax: SP_DATABASES
SP_TABLES: This stored procedure displays the list of tables available in the current
database.

Syntax: SP_TABLES

SP_HELPDB: This stored procedure is used to display the description of master and log
data file information of a specific database

Syntax: SP_HELPDB Database-Name

Ex: SP_HELPDB SAMPLE

SP_SPACEUSED: This stored procedure is used to find the memory status of the current
database

Syntax: SP_SPACEUSED