#1384763034 -- Note: If you're running a MySQL version earlier than 5.0 (or if this scripts fails for you for any reason) -- you'll need to run the following queries manually: -- -- [ Both Pre-Renewal and Renewal ] -- ALTER TABLE item_db2 ADD COLUMN `bindonequip` TINYINT(1) UNSIGNED DEFAULT NULL AFTER `view`; -- INSERT INTO `sql_updates` (`timestamp`) VALUES (1384763034); -- -- [ End ] -- What follows is the automated script that does all of the above. DELIMITER $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS alter_if_not_exists $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS alter_if_exists $$ CREATE PROCEDURE alter_if_not_exists(my_table TINYTEXT, my_column TINYTEXT, my_command TINYTEXT, my_predicate TEXT) BEGIN set @dbname = DATABASE(); IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM information_schema.TABLES WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @dbname AND TABLE_NAME = my_table ) AND NOT EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @dbname AND TABLE_NAME = my_table AND COLUMN_NAME = my_column ) THEN SET @q = CONCAT('ALTER TABLE ', @dbname, '.', my_table, ' ', my_command, ' `', my_column, '` ', my_predicate); PREPARE STMT FROM @q; EXECUTE STMT; END IF; END $$ CREATE PROCEDURE alter_if_exists(my_table TINYTEXT, my_column TINYTEXT, my_command TINYTEXT, my_predicate TEXT) BEGIN set @dbname = DATABASE(); IF EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM information_schema.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = @dbname AND TABLE_NAME = my_table AND COLUMN_NAME = my_column ) THEN SET @q = CONCAT('ALTER TABLE ', @dbname, '.', my_table, ' ', my_command, ' `', my_column, '` ', my_predicate); PREPARE STMT FROM @q; EXECUTE STMT; END IF; END $$ CALL alter_if_not_exists('item_db2', 'bindonequip', 'ADD COLUMN', 'TINYINT(1) UNSIGNED DEFAULT NULL AFTER `view`') $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS alter_if_not_exists $$ DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS alter_if_exists $$ DELIMITER ';' INSERT INTO `sql_updates` (`timestamp`) VALUES (1384763034);