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MS SQL Server - add column to existing table
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In this article, we would like to show you how to add a column to an existing table in MS SQL Server.
Quick solution:
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ALTER TABLE [table_name]2
ADD [column_name] DATA_TYPE;Note:
Go to the official documentation to see what you can use as
DATA_TYPE.
To add columns to an existing table we use ALTER TABLE statement.
To show how to add a column to an existing table using ALTER TABLE statement, we will use the following table:
Note:
At the end of this article you can find database preparation SQL queries.
In this example, we will add email column to the users table.
Query:
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ALTER TABLE [users]2
ADD [email] VARCHAR(255);Output (SELECT * FROM [users]):
create_tables.sql file:
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CREATE TABLE [users] (2
[id] INT IDENTITY(1,1),3
[name] VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,4
[surname] VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,5
[department_id] INT,6
[salary] DECIMAL(15,2) NOT NULL,7
PRIMARY KEY ([id])8
);insert_data.sql file:
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INSERT INTO [users]2
( [name], [surname], [department_id], [salary])3
VALUES4
('John', 'Stewart', 1, '3512.00'),5
('Chris', 'Brown', 2, '1344.00'),6
('Kate', 'Lewis', 3, '6574.00'),7
('Ailisa', 'Gomez', NULL, '6500.00'),8
('Gwendolyn', 'James', 2, '4200.00'),9
('Simon', 'Collins', 4, '3320.00'),10
('Taylor', 'Martin', 2, '1500.00'),11
('Andrew', 'Thompson', NULL, '2100.00');