INSERT

This statement inserts new rows into a table.

Synopsis

InsertIntoStmt:

InsertIntoStmt

PriorityOpt:

PriorityOpt

IgnoreOptional:

IgnoreOptional

IntoOpt:

IntoOpt

TableName:

TableName

InsertValues:

InsertValues

Examples

mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (a int); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) mysql> CREATE TABLE t2 LIKE t1; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t2 SELECT * FROM t1; Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec) Records: 2 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM t1; +------+ | a | +------+ | 1 | | 1 | +------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> SELECT * FROM t2; +------+ | a | +------+ | 1 | | 1 | +------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2),(3),(4); Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec) Records: 3 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0 mysql> SELECT * FROM t2; +------+ | a | +------+ | 1 | | 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | +------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.

See also