{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "id": "commands/swapdb",
  "title": "SWAPDB",
  "url": "https://redis.io/docs/latest/commands/swapdb/",
  "summary": "Swaps two Redis databases.",
  "since": "4.0.0",
  "tags": [
    "docs",
    "develop",
    "stack",
    "oss",
    "rs",
    "rc",
    "oss",
    "kubernetes",
    "clients"
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-06-15T06:26:34-07:00",
  "page_type": "content",
  "content_hash": "5f36cc1bd576fa863343099a344a9ccded3f758da8ac5837348e11a6959d371f",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "overview",
      "title": "Overview",
      "role": "overview",
      "text": "This command swaps two Redis databases, so that immediately all the\nclients connected to a given database will see the data of the other database, and\nthe other way around."
    },
    {
      "id": "required-arguments",
      "title": "Required arguments",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "<details open><summary><code>index1</code></summary>\n\nThe index of the first database.\n\n</details>\n\n<details open><summary><code>index2</code></summary>\n\nThe index of the second database.\n\n</details>"
    },
    {
      "id": "examples",
      "title": "Examples",
      "role": "example",
      "text": "[code example]\n\nThis will swap database 0 with database 1. All the clients connected with database 0 will immediately see the new data, exactly like all the clients connected with database 1 will see the data that was formerly of database 0."
    },
    {
      "id": "redis-software-and-redis-cloud-compatibility",
      "title": "Redis Software and Redis Cloud compatibility",
      "role": "content",
      "text": "| Redis<br />Software | Redis<br />Cloud | <span style=\"min-width: 9em; display: table-cell\">Notes</span> |\n|:----------------------|:-----------------|:------|\n| <span title=\"Not supported\">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Not supported\"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> | <span title=\"Not supported\">&#x274c; Standard</span><br /><span title=\"Not supported\"><nobr>&#x274c; Active-Active</nobr></span> |  |"
    },
    {
      "id": "return-information",
      "title": "Return information",
      "role": "returns",
      "text": "**RESP2:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`.\n\n**RESP3:**\n\n[Simple string reply](../../develop/reference/protocol-spec#simple-strings): `OK`."
    }
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "id": "examples-ex0",
      "language": "plaintext",
      "code": "SWAPDB 0 1",
      "section_id": "examples"
    }
  ]
}