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DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS logrotate_new_table_name;

DELIMITER | 

CREATE FUNCTION logrotate_new_table_name()
RETURNS VARCHAR(20)
BEGIN
  DECLARE suffix VARCHAR(20);
  SELECT CONCAT('logs', DATE_FORMAT( NOW(), '%Y%m%d%H%i%s' )) INTO suffix;
  return suffix;
END|

DELIMITER ;

DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS logrotate;

DELIMITER |

CREATE PROCEDURE logrotate()
BEGIN
  DECLARE suffix VARCHAR(20);
  SET suffix = logrotate_new_table_name();

  DROP TABLE IF EXISTS templogs;
  CREATE TABLE templogs LIKE logs;
  FLUSH TABLES;

  RENAME TABLE logs to suffix, templogs TO logs;
  FLUSH TABLES;
END|

DELIMITER ;