I figured out the problem in the book, I have no idea why my mail has not come through.
I am stuck on why this is not working though ALTER TABLE account_details ADD account_name TEXT(30) NOT NULL -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 January 2002 14:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: alter table example. Why don't you give us an example of what does not work, so someone can tell you why? Matthew Darcy wrote: > >Can anyone give me an example of an alter table syntax that. > >1.) adds a column >2.) deletes a column. > >I am reading the examples in the oreilly book, and it does not work ???? >also the Oracle or Infomix syntax doesn't work. > >can someone give me a clue please. > >Thanks, > >Matt. > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > >To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php