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					<description><![CDATA[In this post, I am sharing two options for checking whether a column exists in a SQL Server table or not. When you are preparing the full database change script, you should put DDL statements in the IF EXISTS condition for avoiding any error. Option 1: Check the column existence and add id [crayon-6aa4ad734da0d559665770/] Option [&#8230;]]]></description>
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When you are preparing the full database change script, you should put DDL statements in the IF EXISTS condition for avoiding any error. </p>
<p><strong>Option 1: Check the column existence and add id</strong></p>
<pre class="crayon-plain-tag">if not exists 
(
	select column_name 
	from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns 
	where table_name = 'table_name'
		and column_name = 'new_column_name'
)

ALTER TABLE table_name add new_column_name TEXT</pre> </p>
<p><strong>Option 2: Check the column existance</strong></p>
<pre class="crayon-plain-tag">IF COL_LENGTH('table_name','column_name') IS NULL
BEGIN
 /*Write your code...*/
END</pre> </p>
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