Add a column to a table with check constraint SQL

Question

I want to add a column to a table, then add a check constraint to make sure its greater than 0. I cant seem to get this to run in oracle sl developer.

Alter TABLE store101
add column Base_salary Number(7,2)
constraint store101_Base_salary_ck
check (Base_salary > 0);

Error report - SQL Error: ORA-00904: : invalid identifier 00904. 00000 - "%s: invalid identifier"

Answer 1

There is no ADD COLUMN clause in ALTER TABLE syntax. It's just ADD.

ALTER TABLE store101
ADD Base_salary NUMBER(7, 2) -- there is no need to add COLUMN clause
CONSTRAINT store101_Base_salary_ck 
CHECK (Base_salary > 0);

Here is SQLFiddle demo