# How to properly alter the database?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-properly-alter-the-database/60659
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [8. April 2017 um 19:31 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-properly-alter-the-database/60659 "2017-04-08T19:31:14Z")
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### Author: ![icculus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/icculus/32/120985_2.png) [@icculus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/icculus)
#### Post date: [11. April 2017 um 04:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-properly-alter-the-database/60659/8 "2017-04-11T04:35:06Z")

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> [@icculus](#):
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> (Specifically, I was thinking of adding a means to specify an “email subject slug” per category, so emails can be sent with that instead of a category’s full title, but I’m sure I’ll eventually have 12 other unrelated ideas that want to change the schema too, heh)

…and now I have done that, in case anyone wants to laugh at my PR.

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4799](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/4799)

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