modify column in 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 add column

ALTER TABLE Customers
ADD Email varchar(255);

Example 3: alter table modify column

-- ORACLE 18c
ALTER TABLE table_name 
MODIFY column_name datatype;

-- Example
ALTER TABLE product
MODIFY description VARCHAR2(500 char);

Example 4: 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;