Can we add column to an existing table in AWS Athena using SQL query?

Question

I have a table in AWS Athena which contains 2 records. Is there a SQL query using which a new column can be inserted in to the table?

Accepted Answer

You can find more information about adding columns to table in Athena documentation  
  
Or you can use CTAS  
  
For example, you have a table with  
  
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE sample_test(  
  id string)  
LOCATION  
  's3://bucket/path'  
and you can create another table from sample_test with the query  
  
CREATE TABLE new_test  
AS   
SELECT *, 'new' AS new_col FROM sample_test  
You can use any available query after AS

Can we add column to an existing table in AWS Athena using SQL query?

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