You can use the ALTER TABLE...RENAME PARTITION command to rename a table partition.

Overview

The command has two forms. 
  • ALTER TABLE table_name 
RENAME PARTITION partition_name 
TO new_name;
  • ALTER TABLE table_name 
RENAME SUBPARTITION subpartition_name 
 TO new_name;
The ALTER TABLE...RENAME PARTITION command makes no distinctions between a partition and a subpartition:
  • You can rename a partition by using the RENAME PARTITION or RENAME SUBPARTITION clause.
  • You can rename a subpartition by using the RENAME PARTITION or RENAME SUBPARTITION clause.

Description

The ALTER TABLE...RENAME PARTITION and ALTER TABLE...RENAME SUBPARTITION commands renames a partition or subpartition. You must own the specified table to run ALTER TABLE...RENAME PARTITION or ALTER TABLE...RENAME SUBPARTITION.

Parameters

Parameter Description
table_name The name (optionally schema-qualified) of the table in which the partition resides.
partition_name The name of the partition or subpartition to be renamed.
new_name The new name of the partition or subpartition.

Example - rename a partition

The following command creates a list-partitioned table named sales: 
CREATE TABLE sales
(
  dept_no     number,   
  part_no     varchar2,
  country     varchar2(20),
  date    date,
  amount  number
)
PARTITION BY LIST(country)
(
  PARTITION europe VALUES('FRANCE', 'ITALY'),
  PARTITION asia VALUES('INDIA', 'PAKISTAN'),
  PARTITION americas VALUES('US', 'CANADA')
);
Querying the ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS view displays the partition names: 
acctg=# SELECT partition_name, high_value FROM ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS;
 partition_name |     high_value      
----------------+---------------------
 europe         | 'FRANCE', 'ITALY'
 asia           | 'INDIA', 'PAKISTAN'
 americas       | 'US', 'CANADA'
(3 rows)
The following command renames the americas partition to n_america: 
ALTER TABLE sales 
RENAME PARTITION americas TO n_america;
Querying the ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS view will show that the partition is renamed: 
acctg=# SELECT partition_name, high_value FROM ALL_TAB_PARTITIONS;
 partition_name |     high_value      
----------------+---------------------
 europe         | 'FRANCE', 'ITALY'
 asia           | 'INDIA', 'PAKISTAN'
 n_america      | 'US', 'CANADA'
(3 rows)