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MySQL INSERT INTO Statement

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The MySQL INSERT INTO Statement

The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert new records in a table.

INSERT INTO Syntax

It is possible to write the INSERT INTO statement in two ways:

1. Specify both the column names and the values to be inserted:

INSERT INTO table_name (column1, column2, column3, ...)

VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);

2. If you are adding values for all the columns of the table, you do not need to specify
the column names in the SQL query. However, make sure the order of the values is in
the same order as the columns in the table. Here, the INSERT INTO syntax would be as
follows:

INSERT INTO table_name

VALUES (value1, value2, value3, ...);
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Below is a selection from the "Customers" table in the Northwind sample database:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCode

89 White Clover Karl Jablonski 305 - 14th Seattle 98128

Markets Ave. S.
Suite 3B

90 Wilman Kala Matti Keskuskatu Helsinki 21240

Karttunen 45

91 Wolski Zbyszek ul. Filtrowa Walla 01-012

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INSERT INTO Example

The following SQL statement inserts a new record in the "Customers" table:

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INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, ContactName, Address, City, PostalCode,

Country)
VALUES ('Cardinal', 'Tom B. Erichsen', 'Skagen 21', 'Stavanger', '4006',
'Norway');

The selection from the "Customers" table will now look like this:

CustomerID CustomerName ContactName Address City PostalCo

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Karl Jablonski
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90 Wilman Kala Matti Keskuskatu Helsinki 21240

Karttunen 45

91 Wolski Zbyszek ul. Filtrowa Walla 01-012

68

92 Cardinal Tom B. Skagen 21 Stavanger 4006

Erichsen

Did you notice that we did not insert any number into the CustomerID field?
The CustomerID column is an auto-increment field and will be generated automatically
when a new record is inserted into the table.

Insert Data Only in Specified Columns

It is also possible to only insert data in specific columns.

The following SQL statement will insert a new record, but only insert data in the
"CustomerName", "City", and "Country" columns (CustomerID will be updated
automatically):

Example

INSERT INTO Customers (CustomerName, City, Country)

VALUES ('Cardinal', 'Stavanger', 'Norway');

The selection from the "Customers" table will now look like this:
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89 White Clover Karl Jablonski 305 - 14th Seattle 98128
Markets Ave. S.
Suite 3B

90 Wilman Kala Matti Keskuskatu Helsinki 21240

Karttunen 45

91 Wolski Zbyszek ul. Filtrowa Walla 01-012

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92 Cardinal null null Stavanger null

Test Yourself With Exercises

Exercise:
Insert a new record in the Customers table.

Customers
CustomerName,
Address,
City,
PostalCode,
Country

'Hekkan Burger',
'Gateveien 15',
'Sandnes',
 '4306',
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