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Old 03-28-07, 17:41
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adding multiple columns in one ALTER statement

Hi to all,

Is is possible to add 4 or more columns in one ALTER TABLE statement in mySQL? So that I can save a lot of typing, so far I could not figure it out. What I am trying to do is create each ALTER TABLE statement for each new column that I am trying to add.

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Old 03-28-07, 18:54
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ALTER TABLE daTable ADD COLUMN foo INTEGER ADD COLUMN bar INTEGER ADD COLUMN qux INTEGER
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Old 03-28-07, 19:01
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hey thanks, but your statement lacks a comma.

I have found out that it should be like this:
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ALTER TABLE tblName ADD COLUMN col1 date, ADD COLUMN col2 date, ADD COLUMN col3 date;
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Old 03-28-07, 19:18
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