I need to change specific column's position
I tried Ted Hopp's solution in Move Column in MYSQL
ALTER TABLE EMPLOYEES MODIFY COLUMN fname VARCHAR(25) AFTER password
and i got this error:
Error code -1, SQL state 42X01: Syntax error: Encountered "MODIFY" at line 1, column 22.
So any idea how to do it with Derby
Derby uses ADD COLUMN (docs):
ALTER TABLE EMPLOYEES ADD COLUMN fname VARCHAR(25)
There is no way to insert columns before or after a certain column; they are always appended.
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The id column in the student table is an auto incrementing one.I wanted to make that to non - autoincrementing. May i know, how can i modify the below query to work as such?
DB::statement("ALTER TABLE student SET AUTO_INCREMENT=FALSE;");
the above code shows the below error.
Illuminate\Database\QueryException
SQLSTATE[42601]: Syntax error: 7 ERROR: syntax error at or near "AUTO_INCREMENT"
LINE 1: ALTER TABLE student SET AUTO_INCREMENT=FALSE;
^ (SQL: ALTER TABLE student SET AUTO_INCREMENT=FALSE;)
The correct syntax in PostgreSQL would be:
ALTER TABLE student ALTER COLUMN id DROP DEFAULT;
Where id is the serial column.
You might also want to drop the not null constraint :
ALTER TABLE student ALTER COLUMN id DROP NOT NULL;
This is an example of why posting table definitions (ddl) and Postgres version can be critical. #Zakaria is correct if the Postgres version is prior to version 10, or if version 10 or later and is still defined as serial/bigserial. However the preferred definition for version 10 and later is generated always as identity. If defined as identity you need:
alter table student alter column id drop identity.
I would not drop a not null constraint, and if it is the PK it is moot point as it will automatically be not null.
Working on hive table, where I need to change column name as below, its working as expected and changing column name but underline value of this column getting NULL.
ALTER TABLE db.tbl CHANGE hdfs_loaddate hdfs_load_date String;
Here changed column name is hdfs_load_date and values are getting NULL after renaming column name.
Does any one have idea to fix this. Thanks in advance!!
#Ajay_SK Referencing this article: Hive Alter table change Column Name
There is a comment:
Note that the column change will not change any underlying data if it is a parquet table. That is, if you have data in the table already, renaming a column will not make the data in that column accessible under the new name: select a from test_change; 1 alter table test_change change a a1 int; select a1 from test_change; null
He is specific to parquet, but the scenario you describe is similar where you have successfully changed the name, but hive still thinks the original data is in the original key.
A better approach to solve your issue, would be to create a new table of the schema you want with column name change. Then perform an Insert INTO new table select FROM * old table.
I am trying to add a new column in a monetDB database and I want it positioned after a specific one. In mysql this is possible using the AFTER keyword.
ALTER TABLE myTable ADD myNewColumn VARCHAR(255) AFTER myOtherColumn
I am trying this in the mclient:
sql>ALTER TABLE dbname.table_name ADD COLUMN new_name AFTER existing_name SET DEFAULT NULL;
What I get is a syntax error:
syntax error, unexpected AFTER in: "ALTER TABLE dbname.table_name ADD COLUMN new_name AFTER"
It is true that the ALTER documentation does not specify that AFTER exists, but I am hoping that anybody knows an alternative.
The safe way is to create an new table with the columns properly ordered and move the data; you probably know this already.
However if you really cannot do that, create a view:
CREATE VIEW AS SELECT [order the columns however you want here] FROM your_table;
im trying to add a new column to my existing table 'Results', and it seems to be very easy but I cant see the mistake.
Here is my code:
SQL> Alter table results add column CAL ENUM('A','B');
ERROR at line 1: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier
What am I missing?
I've read this from w3 and this from java2s but cant see the difference to mine.
Thanks, and sorry for the dumb question.
OK, with an ORA- error I am assuming that this is an oracle database, and not mysql. you have both tags and you are linking to MySQL example, but the error is not a MySQL error.
Assuming that this IS an Oracle DB, then there is no native ENUM data type. You have to do this as follows: First - you add the column with a correctly defined data type, and second you create a constrained list of permitted values on that column as a check constraint.
Alter table results add (cal varchar2(1));
Alter table results add constraint chk_cal CHECK (cal in ('A','B')) ENABLE;
(EDITED to fix brackets in constraint creation line)
I would like to add a new column to a table, but only if that column does not already exist.
This works if the column does not exist:
ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD COLUMNS (mycolumn string);
But when I execute it a second time, I get an error.
Column 'mycolumn' exists
When I try to use the "IF NOT EXISTS" syntax that is supported for CREATE TABLE and ADD PARTITION, I get a syntax error:
ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD IF NOT EXISTS COLUMNS (mycolumn string);
FAILED: ParseException line 3:42 required (...)+ loop did not match anything at input 'COLUMNS' in add partition statement
What I need is something that can execute itempotently so I can run my query whether this column exists or not.
You can partially work it around, by setting the hive.cli.errors.ignore flag. In this case hive CLI will force the execution of further queries even when queries on the way fail.
In this example:
SET hive.cli.errors.ignore=true;
ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD COLUMNS (mycolumn string);
ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD COLUMNS (mycolumn string);
ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD COLUMNS (mycolumn2 string);
hive will execute all queries, even though there'll be an error in the second query.
Well there is no direct way to do that. I mean through a single query.
There are two other ways:
1.) Using JDBC:
1.1) Do describe on the table name.
1.2) You will get a list of columns in result set.
1.3) Check if your columns exists or not by iterating through the result set.
2.) Using hive Metastore client:
2.1) Create a object of HiveMetastoreClient
2.2) HiveMetastoreClient.getFields(<>db_name, <table_name>).get(index).getName() will give you the column name.
2.3) Check if your column exists of not by comparing the list.
Hope it helps...!!!