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title: SQL Insert into Statement
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---
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## SQL Insert into Statement
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To insert a record in a table you use the `INSERT INTO` statement.
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You can do it in two ways, if you want to insert values only in some columns, you have to list their names including all mandatory columns. The syntax is:
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```sql
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INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3, ...)
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VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
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```
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The other way is inserting values to all columns in the table, it is not necessary to specify the columns names. The syntax is:
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```sql
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INSERT INTO table_name
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VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
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```
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Here’s an example inserting a record in the table Person in both ways:
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```sql
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INSERT INTO Person
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VALUES (1, ‘John Lennon’, ‘1940-10-09’, ‘M’);
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```
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And
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```sql
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INSERT INTO Person(Id, Name, DateOfBirth, Gender)
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VALUES (1, ‘John Lennon’, ‘1940-10-09’, ‘M’);
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```
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Some SQL versions (for example, MySQL) support inserting multiple rows at once. For example:
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```sql
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INSERT INTO Person(Id, Name, DateOfBirth, Gender)
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VALUES (1, ‘John Lennon’, ‘1940-10-09’, ‘M’), (2, ‘Paul McCartney’, ‘1942-06-18’, ‘M’),
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(3, ‘George Harrison’, ‘1943-02-25’, ‘M’), (4, ‘Ringo Starr’, ‘1940-07-07’, ‘M’)
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```
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Note that the entire original query remains intact - we simple add on data rows encloded by paranthesis and separated by commas.
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