I want to change various column names using:
ALTER TABLE tablename CHANGE COLUMN oldname newname columntype;
This is easy except for the last part (columntype). It seems silly to need to specify that since I don't want to change the column TYPE, only its name, but from what I've read, specifying columntype is mandatory. I need automated code, not show the table and manually view the columntype and manually input that. Thus I'd appreciate code that gives me $columntype. Thank you!