IF not EXISTS( SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'PrescriptionPeopleInfo' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'EmploymentDate') begin alter table dbo.PrescriptionPeopleInfo add EmploymentDate int not null default 0 end; IF not EXISTS( SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'PrescriptionPeopleInfo' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'EmploymentCode') begin alter table dbo.PrescriptionPeopleInfo add EmploymentCode nvarchar(200) not null default '' end;