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What does the Alter Table syntax look like for adding a DATETIME column?

I can't find what the syntax looks like for adding a DATETIME column to a mysql table when I want to set the default to - example - 2011-01-26 14:30:00

Does anyone know what that syntax looks like?

Here's what I've got

ADD COLUMN new_date DATETIME AFTER preceding_col,

Thanks

Solution

  • If you ever have doubts, the syntax is explained here http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/alter-table.html

    ALTER TABLE yourTable 
  ADD COLUMN new_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT 20110126143000 AFTER preceding_col

    or

    ALTER TABLE yourTable 
  ADD COLUMN new_date DATETIME NOT NULL DEFAULT '2011-01-26 14:30:00' AFTER preceding_col

    (I just prefer the numeric DATETIME format)