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Browse All TopicsI have existing tables and i want to add some attributes there ( columns) how can i do that on my sql db?
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by: onestarPosted on 2003-09-30 at 21:31:08ID: 9463729
You could just install phpmyadmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/ on the server and you can do whatever you need to do it is very easy to add attributes or you can do it with the command prompt.
Adding Columns to a Table
The ADD COLUMN modifier allows you to add a column to a table. The following example adds a field called modified to the search table.
mysql> ALTER TABLE search ADD COLUMN modified TIMESTAMP;
The FIRST and AFTER modifiers may be used to position the field within the table. The following places the new field as the first field in the table.
mysql> ALTER TABLE search ADD COLUMN modified TIMESTAMP FIRST;
The next example could be used to add the new field immediately after the field Keywords.
mysql> ALTER TABLE search ADD COLUMN modified TIMESTAMP AFTER Keywords;
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