SQL ALTER TABLE Add Constraint Syntax

The SQL syntax for ALTER TABLE Add Constraint is

ALTER TABLE "table_name"
ADD [CONSTRAINT_NAME] [CONSTRAINT_TYPE] [CONSTRAINT_CONDITION]

Let's look at the example. Assuming our starting point is the "customer" table created in the CREATE TABLE section:

Table customer

Column Name	Data Type
First_Name	char(50)
Last_Name	char(50)
Address	char(50)
City	char(50)
Country	char(25)
Birth_Date	date

Assume we want to add a UNIQUE constraint to the "Address" column. To do this, we type in the following:

MySQL:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD CONSTRAINT con_first UNIQUE (first_name);

Oracle:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD CONSTRAINT con_first UNIQUE (first_name);

SQL Server:
ALTER TABLE customer ADD CONSTRAINT con_first UNIQUE (first_name);

where con_first is the name of the constraint.

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