alter column ms sql 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: sql alter column

Changes the data type of a table’s column.
Example: In the ‘users’ table, make the column ‘incept_date’ into a
‘datetime’ type.
ALTER TABLE users
ALTER COLUMN incept_date datetime;