Yeah, you can handle the exception — what i meant that it wouldnt cause harm to the DB
-- Rahul Singh rahul.si...@anant.us Anant Corporation On Feb 5, 2018, 5:07 PM -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker <cur...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Well, it does throw an InvalidQueryException if the column already exists. > > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Rahul Singh <rahul.xavier.si...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > Since CQL != SQL, there’s isnt a syntatical way. Just run the alter table > > > command and it shouldn't be an issue if its there. > > > > > > -- > > > Rahul Singh > > > rahul.si...@anant.us > > > > > > Anant Corporation > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2018, 4:15 PM -0500, Oliver Ruebenacker <cur...@gmail.com>, > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > What's the easiest way to add a column to a table but only if it does > > > > not exist? Thanks! > > > > > > > > Best, Oliver > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Oliver Ruebenacker > > > > Senior Software Engineer, Diabetes Portal, Broad Institute > > > > > > > > -- > Oliver Ruebenacker > Senior Software Engineer, Diabetes Portal, Broad Institute >
