ALTER Statements (Transact-SQL)

SQL Server Transact-SQL contains the following ALTER statements. Use ALTER statements to modify the definition of existing entities. For example, use ALTER TABLE to add a new column to a table, or use ALTER DATABASE to set database options.

In This Section

ALTER APPLICATION ROLE	ALTER EVENT SESSION	ALTER ROLE
ALTER ASSEMBLY	ALTER FULLTEXT CATALOG	ALTER ROUTE
ALTER ASYMMETRIC KEY	ALTER FULLTEXT INDEX	ALTER SCHEMA
ALTER AUTHORIZATION	ALTER FULLTEXT STOPLIST	ALTER SEARCH PROPERTY LIST (Transact-SQL)
ALTER BROKER PRIORITY	ALTER FUNCTION	ALTER SEQUENCE (Transact-SQL)
ALTER CERTIFICATE	ALTER INDEX	ALTER SERVER AUDIT
ALTER CREDENTIAL	ALTER LOGIN	ALTER SERVER AUDIT SPECIFICATION
ALTER CRYPTOGRAPHIC PROVIDER	ALTER MASTER KEY	ALTER SERVICE
ALTER DATABASE	ALTER MESSAGE TYPE	ALTER SERVICE MASTER KEY
ALTER DATABASE AUDIT SPECIFICATION	ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION	ALTER SYMMETRIC KEY
ALTER DATABASE Compatibility Level	ALTER PARTITION SCHEME	ALTER TABLE
ALTER DATABASE Database Mirroring	ALTER PROCEDURE	ALTER TRIGGER
ALTER DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY	ALTER QUEUE	ALTER USER
ALTER DATABASE File and Filegroup Options	ALTER REMOTE SERVICE BINDING	ALTER VIEW
ALTER DATABASE SET Options	ALTER RESOURCE GOVERNOR	ALTER WORKLOAD GROUP
ALTER ENDPOINT	ALTER RESOURCE POOL	ALTER XML SCHEMA COLLECTION

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CREATE Statements (Transact-SQL)

DROP Statements (Transact-SQL)