Cannot add column in SQL Server ( Incorrect syntax near 'string'.)

Question

I want to add a column to my table in SQL Server. I believe the syntax is correct but I'm still getting this error:

Answer 1

Your syntax is totally wrong - you cannot have an ALTER TABLE which is followed by both a DROP COLUMN .... and an ADD afterwards - you need to repeat the ALTER TABLE part:

ALTER TABLE sample_searches
DROP COLUMN ...... ;

ALTER TABLE sample_searches
ADD search_date DATE NULL, Time INT NULL;

Also, since you have SELECT * FROM taas..sample_searches, you might need to first switch to the taas database before you can run these statements....