Adding a new record to a table

INSERT INTO <table_name> [(<insert_field_list>)] VALUES (<value_list>)

The values in the <value_list> (separated by commas) are added to the corresponding fields listed in <insert_field_list> (specified by commas) at the end of the table named <table_name> to form a new record. It should be noted that:

The number of values in the <value_list> should be the same as the number of fields specified in <insert_field_list>.

The order in <insert_field_list> has no effect on the INSERT statement provided that the order of the values to be inserted should be the same as the order of the fields.

Data types of the values should match the corresponding fields.

If <insert_field_list> is not specified, <value_list> should contain the values of all the fields in the new record, and the values in <value_list> should be in the same order as the field names in the original CREATE TABLE statement.

If no value is inserted in a field which does not allow null values, the system may not accept the insertion. (However, Microsoft Visual FoxPro may accept such insertion and put 0 or null string in the fields omitted in the INSERT statement.)

Examples

Assume that the table s6a has been created (click here to see the statement which creates this table), and the following records already exist in this table:

`class_num`	`stud_id`	`name`	`email`	`clc`	`ue`	`phy`	`pm`	`cs`
`1`	`92114`	`Chan Wai Man, Raymond`	`s92114@sample.edu.hk`	`64`	`55`	`70`	`64`	`59`
`4`	`91131`	`Hung Wai Ming`	`s91131@sample.edu.hk`	`52`	`48`	`55`	`39`	`59`

This SQL statement adds a record at the end of the table. Here <insert_field_list> is not specified, so all the fields in the new record must be filled in. The order of the values in <value_list> must be in the same order as the field names in the table.

INSERT INTO s6a VALUES (3, '94302', 'Fung Ching Man, Mandy', 'mandyfung@example.com', 72, 50, 42, 59, 60)

After execution, the table becomes:

`class_num`	`stud_id`	`name`	`email`	`clc`	`ue`	`phy`	`pm`	`cs`
`1`	`92114`	`Chan Wai Man, Raymond`	`s92114@sample.edu.hk`	`64`	`55`	`70`	`64`	`59`
`4`	`91131`	`Hung Wai Ming`	`s91131@sample.edu.hk`	`52`	`48`	`55`	`39`	`59`
`3`	`94302`	`Fung Ching Man, Mandy`	`mandyfung@example.com`	`72`	`50`	`42`	`59`	`60`

After adding a record using the previous INSERT statement, the execution of the following statement adds one more record at the end of the table. This time, values are inserted only in the fields specified in <insert_field_list>. The values of the other fields are null. The order of the fields in <insert_field_list> need not be the same as the order of the fields in the table, but the order of the values in <value_list> must be the same as the order of the fields in <insert_field_list>.

INSERT INTO s6a (clc, class_num, cs, name, stud_id) VALUES (54, 12, 61, 'Poon Man Yin', '93201')

After execution, the table becomes:

`class_num`	`stud_id`	`name`	`email`	`clc`	`ue`	`phy`	`pm`	`cs`
`1`	`92114`	`Chan Wai Man, Raymond`	`s92114@sample.edu.hk`	`64`	`55`	`70`	`64`	`59`
`4`	`91131`	`Hung Wai Ming`	`s91131@sample.edu.hk`	`52`	`48`	`55`	`39`	`59`
`3`	`94302`	`Fung Ching Man, Mandy`	`mandyfung@example.com`	`72`	`50`	`42`	`59`	`60`
`12`	`93201`	`Poon Man Yin`		`54`				`61`

According to the syntax of the INSERT statement, the above statement cannot be written as
INSERT INTO s6a VALUES (12, '93201', 'Poon Man Yin', , 54, , , , 61)

Adding a new record to a table

Syntax

Examples