SET @s = (SELECT IF( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_schema = DATABASE() AND table_name = 'Monitors' AND column_name = 'DecoderHWAccelName' ) > 0, "SELECT 'Column DecoderHWAccelName already exists in Monitors'", "ALTER TABLE Monitors ADD `DecoderHWAccelName` varchar(64) AFTER `Deinterlacing`" )); PREPARE stmt FROM @s; EXECUTE stmt; SET @s = (SELECT IF( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_schema = DATABASE() AND table_name = 'Monitors' AND column_name = 'DecoderHWAccelDevice' ) > 0, "SELECT 'Column DecoderHWAccelDevice already exists in Monitors'", "ALTER TABLE Monitors ADD `DecoderHWAccelDevice` varchar(255) AFTER `DecoderHWAccelName`" )); PREPARE stmt FROM @s; EXECUTE stmt;