mysql> alter table [table name] modify [column name] VARCHAR(3);
mysql> alter table [table name] drop index [colmn name];
To make a column bigger in MySQL, you can use the ALTER TABLE
statement along with the MODIFY COLUMN
clause. Here’s an example:
ALTER TABLE your_table_name MODIFY COLUMN your_column_name new_data_type;
Replace your_table_name
with the name of your table, your_column_name
with the name of the column you want to modify, and new_data_type
with the new data type and size you want to assign to the column.
For example, if you want to increase the size of a VARCHAR column named column1
in a table named your_table
to 100 characters, you would run:
ALTER TABLE your_table MODIFY COLUMN column1 VARCHAR(100);
To delete the UNIQUE
constraint from a column in MySQL, you can also use the ALTER TABLE
statement. Here’s an example:
ALTER TABLE your_table DROP INDEX index_name;
Replace your_table
with the name of your table and index_name
with the name of the unique index you want to remove.
For example, if you have a unique constraint named unique_constraint1
on a column named column2
in a table named your_table
, you would run:
ALTER TABLE your_table DROP INDEX unique_constraint1;
Make sure to replace unique_constraint1
with the actual name of your unique constraint.