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ALTER TABLE to add column with nulls

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jararaca

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Jun 1, 2005
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How do I use ALTER TABLE to add a column that allows nulls?

Thank you!
 
ALTER TABLE TableName ADD ColumnName DataType NULL


example
Code:
CREATE TABLE CategoryList ( 
        Category varchar(50) NOT NULL
       
) 

--here it is
ALTER TABLE CategoryList ADD Column2 int NULL

INSERT INTO CategoryList VALUES ('Test Category',NULL) 

INSERT INTO CategoryList VALUES ('Test Category',123) 


select * from CategoryList

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