How to change the column position of MySQL table without losing column data?

Question

I want to change the column positions of my database table without losing data.

For example:

Current table:

+----+------+-------+----------+
| id | name | email | password |
+----+------+-------+----------+

to

+----+----------+------+-------+
| id | password | name | email |
+----+----------+------+-------+

Answer 1

试试这个：

ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY password varchar(20) AFTER id

Answer 2

Hearaman's answer is correct; but if you are using phpMyAdmin, there is a visual and practical way to do that.

1. Open the table
2. Choose the " Structure " tab
3. Click on " Move columns "
4. Drag and drop column names

Answer 3

If you are using MySQL workbench,

1. Right-click on table
2. Alter table
3. drag columns and re-order
4. click apply and finish

Answer 4

此外，你可以这样做：

ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE COLUMN column_name column_name data_type AFTER another_column_name;

Answer 5

You can use modify/change keyword.

ALTER TABLE [table] CHANGE COLUMN [column] [column] [column definition] AFTER [column]

ALTER TABLE [table] MODIFY COLUMN [column] [column definition] AFTER [column]

Eg:

ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY password varchar(20) AFTER id

ALTER TABLE table_name MODIFY password varchar(20) varchar(20) AFTER id

Answer 6

Another method if you are using MySQLWorkbench,

• On your top right, click Schemas
• find and select your database, then find and select the table you want to modify
• When you hover over the table you would see three icons, click on settings (that is the one in the middle),
• then click on the column and drag it to the position you want your column to be.
• on your bottom right you will see apply (click and apply🙂).