Question

Hi every One I am trying to add column in Mysql.

My Sql Query is Given Below

CREATE TABLE  `mtrans`.`order` (
  `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `order_date` date NOT NULL,
  `order_by` varchar(50) NOT NULL,
  `amount` int(11) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1

But when i add one more column it will give some error like that.

My error log is given below

Error executing SQL commands to update table.
        MySQL Error Nr. 1064
        You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'AFTER `amount`' at line 1

Answer 1

You need to use alter table in mysql.

I’m assuming you’ve already created order table successfully.

Simple alter table to add column in existing table.

ALTER TABLE order ADD order_no VARCHAR(10);

query to add column after a existing column.

ALTER TABLE order ADD order_no VARCHAR(10) AFTER [Order];