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_name>
  [ ( <column_name1> [, <column_name2> ...]) ]
  { <select_statement>
    | VALUES (value [, value ...]) [, (value [, value ...]) ...] }

Parameters

<table_name> String

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

( <column_name1> [, <column_name2> ...] ) 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.
Make sure the columns adhere to NOT NULL constraints specified in the table definition, or else the INSERT command fails with an error message.

<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 three records at a table

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'))

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