How to alter table in sql server2008

Hi Friends, I have import one table and want to alter table. How do i do this

Hi ,
YOu need Alter Command for the same. but you have to specify what you want to Alter.
For Reference
To add a column in a table, use the following syntax:
ALTER TABLE table_name
ADD column_name datatype
To delete a column in a table, use the following syntax (notice that some database systems don't allow deleting a column):
ALTER TABLE table_name
DROP COLUMN column_name
To change the data type of a column in a table, use the following syntax:
ALTER TABLE table_name
ALTER COLUMN column_name datatype
http://www.techonthenet.com/sql/tables/alter_table.php
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/sql/sql-alter-command.htm
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Check this out.
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How do I add more than one column to a table using SQL?

Hi
I need to add 3 columns to a table using SQL
the syntax
"ALTER TABLE TEST ADD COLUMN newcol1 float";
works fine - for adding one coumn only.
For multiple columns I tried various permutations along the lines of
"ALTER TABLE TEST ADD (COLUMN newcol01 float, COLUMN new2 float,COLUMN new3 float)";
"ALTER TABLE TIPSTEST ADD COLUMN new1 float"
"ALTER TABLE TIPSTEST ADD COLUMN new2 float"
"ALTER TABLE TIPSTEST ADD COLUMN new3 float"
etc., but this doesn't work.
From a web search it sounds like SQL can only add one column at a time.
I have a workaround : create intermediate temporary tables , copying data and adding
one column at each stage. It seems a fairly awkward way of programming though.
Am I missing something simple : is there a way to add multiple columns in one go?
Thanks

OK : solved an underlying problem with this one myself
for the code
String createString;
createString = "select COFFEES.* INTO NEWCOFFEES FROM COFFEES"; // example
          Statement stmt;
          try {
               stmt = a_Globals.database1Connection.createStatement();
                      stmt.executeUpdate(createString);
               stmt.close();
               a_Globals.database1Connection.close();
          } catch(SQLException ex) {
               System.err.println("SQLException: " + ex.getMessage());
          }                    commenting out the line:
a_Globals.database1Connection.close();
Allowed the subsequent SQL statement(s) to work OK. Looks like this was the cause of several
difficulties, preventing me doing several SQL instructions in turn.
Thanks for the responses.
Mike2z

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