ALTER TABLE contacts
ADD last_name varchar(40) NOT NULL
AFTER contact_id,
ADD first_name varchar(35) NULL
AFTER last_name;
ALTER TABLE `employees`CHANGE `emp_id` `emp_id` int(11) NULL;
ALTER TABLE nom_table
MODIFY nom_colonne type_donnees
mysql> alter database university character set utf8 collate utf8_general_ci;
ALTER TABLE nom_table
DROP nom_colonne