The SQL syntax for ALTER TABLE Add Column is

ALTER TABLE "table_name"

ADD "column 1" "Data Type"

Let's look at the example. Assuming our starting point is the "customer" table created in the CREATE
TABLE section:

Table customer
Column NameData Type
First_Name char(50)
Last_Name char(50)
Address char(50)
City char(50)
Country char(25)
Birth_Date date

Our goal is to add a column called "Gender". To do this, we key in:

MySQL:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD Gender char(1);

Oracle:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD Gender char(1);

SQL Server:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD Gender char(1);

Resulting table structure:

Table customer
Column NameData Type
First_Name char(50)
Last_Name char(50)
Address char(50)
City char(50)
Country char(25)
Birth_Date date
Genderchar(1)

Note that the new column Gender becomes the last column in the customer table.

It is also possible to add multiple columns. For example, if we want to add a column called "Email"
and another column called "Telephone", we will type the following:

MySQL:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD (Email char(30), Telephone char(20));

Oracle:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD (Email char(30), Telephone char(20));

SQL Server:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD (Email char(30), Telephone char(20));

The table now becomes:

Table customer
Column NameData Type
First_Name char(50)
Last_Name char(50)
Address char(50)
City char(50)
Country char(25)
Birth_Date date
Genderchar(1)
Email char(30)
Telephone char(20)

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