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CHANGE (Column Modification)

MySQL uses the CHANGE keyword to change column names and data types and set NOT NULL constraints. DSC will perform adaptation based on GaussDB(DWS) features during migration.

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CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `runoob_alter_test`(
    `dataType0` varchar(128),
    `dataType1` bigint,
    `dataType2` bigint,
    `dataType3` bigint,
    `dataType4` bigint
)ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

## A.
ALTER TABLE runoob_alter_test CHANGE dataType1 dataType1New VARCHAR(50);

## B.
ALTER TABLE runoob_alter_test CHANGE dataType2 dataType2New VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL;

## C.
ALTER TABLE runoob_alter_test CHANGE dataType3 dataType3New VARCHAR(100) FIRST;

## D.
ALTER TABLE runoob_alter_test CHANGE dataType4 dataType4New VARCHAR(50) AFTER dataType1;

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CREATE TABLE "public"."runoob_alter_test"
(
  "datatype0" VARCHAR(512),
  "datatype1" BIGINT,
  "datatype2" BIGINT,
  "datatype3" BIGINT,
  "datatype4" BIGINT
)
  WITH ( ORIENTATION = ROW, COMPRESSION = NO )
  NOCOMPRESS
  DISTRIBUTE BY HASH ("datatype0");

-- A.
ALTER TABLE "public"."runoob_alter_test" CHANGE COLUMN "datatype1" "datatype1new" VARCHAR(200) NULL DEFAULT NULL;

-- B.
ALTER TABLE "public"."runoob_alter_test" CHANGE COLUMN "datatype2" "datatype2new" VARCHAR(200) NOT NULL;

-- C.
ALTER TABLE "public"."runoob_alter_test" CHANGE COLUMN "datatype3" "datatype3new" VARCHAR(400) NULL DEFAULT NULL;

-- D.
ALTER TABLE "public"."runoob_alter_test" CHANGE COLUMN "datatype4" "datatype4new" VARCHAR(200) NULL DEFAULT NULL;