PHP myAdmin - Change Field Order (Move Up Or Down)

Question

How do I change the order of my table fields without deleting the field and re-inserting it, using PHP myAdmin?

Answer 1

Something like this will help

ALTER TABLE Person MODIFY COLUMN last_name VARCHAR(50) AFTER first_name;

This will move last_name right after first_name in order.

Answer 2

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/change-column-order.html

From the Aforementioned Source:

If you decide to change the order of table columns anyway, you can do so as follows:

1. Create a new table with the columns in the new order.

2. Execute this statement:

   mysql> INSERT INTO new_table -> SELECT columns-in-new-order FROM old_table;

3. Drop or rename old_table.

4. Rename the new table to the original name:

   mysql> ALTER TABLE new_table RENAME old_table;

Answer 3

ALTER TABLE `table_name` MODIFY `column_you_want_to_move` DATATYPE AFTER `column`

DATATYPE is something like DATETIME or VARCHAR(20) ..etc