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    INSERT

    Insert records into a table, either from values provided in the SQL command or from rows returned by a SELECT statement.

    If the table does not exist or the schema does not match, the INSERT operation fails.

    Insert syntax 
    INSERT INTO <table_path>.<table_name>
[ ( <column_name> [, <column_name> ...]) ]
{
   select_statement
   | VALUES (value [, value ...]) [, (value [, value ...]) ...]
}

    Parameters

    <table_name>

    String

    The name of the table that you want to insert data into.

    [ ( <column_name> [, <column_name> ...]) ]

    String

    Optional

    The name of the column or columns that you want to insert data into.

    • If column names are specified, data is inserted in the given column order, and columns not listed are populated as NULL.
    • If column names are not specified, data is inserted in the column order of the table.

    select_statement

    String

    Optional

    The query that you want to use to insert into the current table data from another table.

    VALUES (value [, value ...]) [, (value [, value ...]) ...]

    String

    Optional

    The value or values that you want to insert, if you specified the names of one or more columns. You can insert one or more sets of values, each set corresponding to a record to insert into the table.

    Examples

    Inserts three records 
    INSERT INTO myTable VALUES
    (21, 'Ruth Asawa', 'American, 1926–2013', 'American', 'Female', 1926, 2013, 'Q7382874', '500077806'),
    (38, 'Magdalena Abakanowicz', 'Polish, 1930–2017', 'Polish', 'Female', 1930, 2017, 'Q158080', '500084577'),
    (56, 'Luis Alberto Acuña', 'Colombian, 1904–1994', 'Colombian', 'Male', 1904, 1994, null, null)
    Inserts values for a struct table 
    INSERT INTO struct_type VALUES (convert_from('{ x: "hi" }', 'json'))