MySQL Change Field Data Type: ALTER TABLE Guide

1 year ago
Ava Mitchell
1 minute

You can use the ALTER TABLE statement to modify the data type of the name field in MySQL. Here is an example of modifying the data type of the name field.

ALTER TABLE your_table_name
MODIFY COLUMN name VARCHAR(50);

The example above changes the data type of the ‘name’ field from its original type to VARCHAR(50). You can adjust the data type and length according to your actual needs. After making the modifications, remember to update the table structure to apply the changes.

Furthermore, if the original data type is CHAR, you can also change it to VARCHAR, for example:

ALTER TABLE your_table_name
MODIFY COLUMN name VARCHAR(50);

This way, you can successfully modify the data type of the ‘name’ field in MySQL.

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