def METHOD_NAME(session, params, table_name, alter_list):
    """
    ALTER the table to add columns from alter_list
    """
    if len(alter_list) == 0:
        print("---")
        print("--- ERROR: alter_list is empty!")
        print("---")
        return False
    alter_sql = (
        "ALTER TABLE " + params["database"] + "." + table_name + " ADD COLUMNS ("
    )
    cnt = 0
    for i in alter_list:
        if cnt != 0:
            alter_sql += ", "
        alter_sql += i[0][0] + " " + i[0][1]
        cnt += 1
    alter_sql += ")"
    params["query"] = alter_sql
    run_athena_query_result_to_s3(session, params, 1000)
    return True