# updating a column name

**URL:** <https://forum.kx.com/t/updating-a-column-name/7852>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kdb-and-q\
**Created:** [August 2, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/updating-a-column-name/7852 "2012-08-02T05:34:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dinodinesh\_shar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@dinodinesh\_shar](https://forum.kx.com/u/dinodinesh_shar)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/updating-a-column-name/7852/1 "2012-08-02T05:34:00Z")

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is a very trivial question: How to update a column name in q?

Cheers

dinesh

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**Author:** ![Fintan\_Quill\_K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fintan\_Quill\_K](https://forum.kx.com/u/Fintan_Quill_K)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2012, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.kx.com/t/updating-a-column-name/7852/2 "2012-08-02T05:39:00Z")

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http://code.kx.com/wiki/Reference/xcol

Regards,

Fintan.