SET @s = (SELECT IF( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_schema = DATABASE() AND table_name = 'Storage' AND column_name = 'Url' ) > 0, "SELECT 'Column Url already exists in Storage'", "ALTER TABLE `Storage` ADD `Url` VARCHAR(255) default NULL AFTER `Type`" )); PREPARE stmt FROM @s; EXECUTE stmt; ALTER TABLE `Monitors` MODIFY `OutputCodec` int(10) UNSIGNED NOT NULL default 0; SET @s = (SELECT IF( (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE table_schema = DATABASE() AND table_name = 'Monitors' AND column_name = 'Encoder' ) > 0, "SELECT 'Column Encoder already exists in Monitors'", "ALTER TABLE `Monitors` ADD `Encoder` enum('auto','h264','h264_omx','mjpeg','mpeg1','mpeg2') AFTER `OutputCodec`" )); PREPARE stmt FROM @s; EXECUTE stmt;