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INSERT
Syntax
Related statement
REVOKE
INSERT
Inserts new rows into the specified table or view that will contain either the explicitly specified
values or the values returned by the query expression.
INSERT INTO [ owner_name.]{table_name|view_name }
[ ( column_name [, column_name ] , ... ) ]
{ VALUES ( value [, value ] , ... ) | query_expression } ;
Examples The following provides examples of the INSERT statement:
INSERT INTO customer (cust_no, name, street, city, state)
VALUES
(1001, 'RALPH', '#10 Columbia Street', 'New York', 'NY') ;
INSERT INTO neworders (order_no, product, qty)
SELECT order_no, product, qty
FROM orders
WHERE order_date = SYSDATE ;
Notes • If the optional list of column names is specified, then only the values for those columns
are required. The rest of the columns of the inserted row will contain NULL values,
provided that the table definition allows NULL values and there is no DEFAULT clause for the
columns. If a DEFAULT clause is specified for a column and the column name is not present
in the optional column list, then the column is given the default value.
• If the optional list is not specified, then the column values must be either explicitly
specified or returned by the query expression. The order of the values should be the same
as the order in which the columns are declared in the declaration of the table or view.
• The VALUES (...) form for specifying the column values inserts one row into the table.
The query expression form inserts all the rows from the query results.
• A SELECT statement utilizing a NOLOCK hint can be used within an INSERT statement. For
example:
INSERT INTO PUB.CUSTOMER
SELECT * FROM PUB.ARCHIVE_CUST WHERE ... WITH (NOLOCK);
For more information using the NOLOCK hint in a SELECT statement, see “SELECT” section
on page 45.
• can be used if If the table contains a foreign key and there is no corresponding primary key
that matches the values of the foreign key in the record being inserted, then the insert
operation is rejected.
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