title: Forcing an alter table on MySQL
body: <p>I'm trying to add a column to a live database, that's constantly being accessed:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>ALTER TABLE `projects` ADD COLUMN `cTime` INT(30) NULL DEFAULT NULL AFTER `session`
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It ALWAYS hangs. This is a MyISAM table and I'm guessing it's trying to lock the table. I've tried IGNORE, but is there anyway to force this?</p>