and changes column attributes in an existing table. Adds, modifies, and drops integrity constraints from an existing table. Restriction: You cannot use any type of view in an ALTER TABLE statement.

You use the designer to add a column to the table on your desktop form. The designer allows you to set up the table and its properties without the need to create Java code from scratch.

Some things are taken care of for you: If you alter the schema of a temporal table (by adding a new column, for example), SQL Server will take care of copying the change to your historical table. But, ...