{"id":16649,"date":"2024-03-15T13:23:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T13:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-field-and-assign-a-value-in-sql\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T04:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T04:43:44","slug":"how-to-add-a-field-and-assign-a-value-in-sql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-add-a-field-and-assign-a-value-in-sql\/","title":{"rendered":"How to add a field and assign a value in SQL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To add a new column and assign a value, you can use the ALTER TABLE statement. 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