DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS add_migration; delimiter ?? CREATE PROCEDURE `add_migration`() BEGIN DECLARE v INT DEFAULT 1; SET v = (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `migrations` WHERE `id`='20171219071309'); IF v=0 THEN INSERT INTO `migrations` VALUES ('20171219071309'); -- Add your query below. ALTER TABLE `petition` ADD COLUMN `charterguid` int unsigned UNIQUE COMMENT 'Charter item GUID' AFTER `petitionguid`; -- End of migration. END IF; END?? delimiter ; CALL add_migration(); DROP PROCEDURE IF EXISTS add_migration;