ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN IF NOT EXISTS in SQLite

Question

We\'ve recently had the need to add columns to a few of our existing SQLite database tables. This can be done with ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN. Of course, if the table has alre

Answer 1

select * from sqlite_master where type = 'table' and tbl_name = 'TableName' and sql like '%ColumnName%'

Logic: sql column in sqlite_master contains table definition, so it certainly contains string with column name.

As you are searching for a sub-string, it has its obvious limitations. So I would suggest to use even more restrictive sub-string in ColumnName, for example something like this (subject to testing as '`' character is not always there):

select * from sqlite_master where type = 'table' and tbl_name = 'MyTable' and sql like '%`MyColumn` TEXT%'