I want to do something like this:
if not exists `hotel_page_templates`.`hpt_custom_fields`
alter table `hotel_page_templates` add column `hpt_custom_fields` text after
`hpt_alternate_username`;
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I don't think MySQL can do thatmaybe with some kind of stored procedure
If you're using 5.0 or higher, use the INFORMATION SCHEMA to find out
if the column exists. If not, use the show create table statement
and parse it.
Why is this a problem, though? (just curious, I'm not sure this