如何将 boolean 数据类型列添加到 sql 中的现有表？

Question

I have a table called person in my database. I want to add another column to the same table and it's a Boolean datatype column . I have tried following queries but it says syntax error near default. I know this is a common and there are lot of answers. I have tried many of them and couldn't figure out to make it work. So please help me.

queries I have tried

ALTER TABLE person add column "AdminApproved" BOOLEAN SET default FALSE;
ALTER TABLE person alter column "AdminApproved" BOOLEAN SET default FALSE;         

I have tried without SET key word too.

Answer 1

In SQL SERVER it is BIT , though it allows NULL to be stored

ALTER TABLE person add  [AdminApproved] BIT default 'FALSE';

Also there are other mistakes in your query

1. When you alter a table to add column no need to mention column keyword in alter statement

2. For adding default constraint no need to use SET keyword

3. Default value for a BIT column can be ('TRUE' or '1') / ('FALSE' or 0) . TRUE or FALSE needs to mentioned as string not as Identifier

Answer 2

The answer given by Pரதீப் creates a nullable bool, not a bool, which may be fine for you. For example in C# it would create: bool? AdminApproved bool? AdminApproved not bool AdminApproved .

If you need to create a bool (defaulting to false):

    ALTER TABLE person
    ADD AdminApproved BIT
    DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;

Answer 3

In phpmyadmin, If you need to add a boolean datatype column to an existing table with default value true:

ALTER TABLE books
   isAvailable boolean default true;

Answer 4

下面的查询对我有用，默认值为 false；

ALTER TABLE cti_contract_account ADD ready_to_audit BIT DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL;