# YCQL Alter table add transaction property

**URL:** <https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/ycql-alter-table-add-transaction-property/401>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [June 15, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/ycql-alter-table-add-transaction-property/401 "2019-06-15T15:35:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exocomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@Exocomp](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/Exocomp)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/ycql-alter-table-add-transaction-property/401/1 "2019-06-15T15:35:07Z")

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> **[ALTER TABLE statement \[YCQL\]](https://docs.yugabyte.com/preview/api/ycql/ddl_alter_table/)**
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> Use the ALTER TABLE statement to change the schema or definition of an existing table.

Is it possible to alter a table and add transaction support?

```
cqlsh:example> ALTER TABLE employees WITH transactions = { 'enabled' : true };

```

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**Author:** ![Exocomp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ea5d25/32.png) [@Exocomp](https://forum.yugabyte.com/u/Exocomp)\
**Post date:** [June 15, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.yugabyte.com/t/ycql-alter-table-add-transaction-property/401/2 "2019-06-15T15:41:54Z")

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Just found [[YCQL] Make it clear that transactions can't be enabled after table creation · Issue #1048 · yugabyte/yugabyte-db · GitHub](https://github.com/YugaByte/yugabyte-db/issues/1048), I guess it is still not possible.