mysql> ALTER TABLE `ports_fdb` CHANGE `created_at` `created_at` timestamp NULL ; ERROR 1054 (42S22): Unknown column 'created_at' in 'ports_fdb' mysql> describe ports_fdb; +--------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +--------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ | ports_fdb_id | bigint(20) unsigned | NO | PRI | NULL | auto_increment | | port_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | mac_address | varchar(32) | NO | MUL | NULL | | | vlan_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | | device_id | int(10) unsigned | NO | MUL | NULL | | +--------------+---------------------+------+-----+---------+----------------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)