change column type mysql code example

Example 1: sql change column types

ALTER TABLE table_name
ALTER COLUMN column_name datatype;

-- Example
ALTER TABLE product
ALTER COLUMN description VARCHAR(250);

Example 2: add new column to the table mysql

ALTER TABLE `TABLE_NAME` 
	ADD `COLUMN_NAME` VARCHAR(50) NULL
    AFTER `COLUMN_NAME_AFTER`;

Example 3: change column in mysql

#Alter is used
#alter table TableName change CurrentColumnName NewColumnName Specification(size);
alter table TableName change name firstname varchar(30);