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24 November 2001 Adding columns to existing tables (ALTER)...
  Realised that I needed a column within /mfc/ to flag a company that is now deceased:
  ALTER TABLE /mfc/ ADD dead TINYINT AFTER UsesID;
The manual (7.8) states that a temporary copy of the original table is made & changes made to this, then the original deleted & the copy renamed. The added column is filled with the default value (NULL here).