Columns management

This article describes Columns management.

This section describes the following management commands used for managing table columns:

CommandDescription
.alter columnAlters the data type of an existing table column
.alter-merge column docstrings and .alter column docstringsSets the docstring property of one or more columns of the specified table
.alter table, .alter-merge tableModify the schema of a table (add/remove columns)
drop column and drop table columnsRemoves one or multiple columns from a table
rename column or columnsChanges the name of an existing or multiple table columns