use EnVisage if exists(select 1 from sys.columns where Name = N'PagePreferences' and Object_ID = Object_ID(N'AspNetUsers')) set noexec on begin transaction ALTER TABLE [dbo].[AspNetUsers] ADD [PagePreferences] [nvarchar](max) NULL go UPDATE [dbo].[AspNetUsers] SET [PagePreferences]='' WHERE [PagePreferences] IS NULL go ALTER TABLE [dbo].[AspNetUsers] ALTER COLUMN [PagePreferences] [nvarchar](max) NOT NULL commit transaction