INSERT INTO
Description
The INSERT INTO statement inserts new rows into a table. The inserted rows can be specified by value expressions or result from a query.
Syntax
INSERT INTO [ TABLE ] table_identifier [ partition_spec ]
{ VALUES ( { value | NULL } [ , ... ] ) [ , ( ... ) ] | query }
Parameters
-
table_identifier
Specifies a table name, which may be optionally qualified with a database name.
Syntax:
[ database_name. ] table_name -
partition_spec
An optional parameter that specifies a comma separated list of key and value pairs for partitions.
Syntax:
PARTITION ( partition_col_name = partition_col_val [ , ... ] ) -
VALUES ( { value
|NULL } [ , … ] ) [ , ( … ) ]Specifies the values to be inserted. Either an explicitly specified value or a NULL can be inserted. A comma must be used to separate each value in the clause. More than one set of values can be specified to insert multiple rows.
-
query
A query that produces the rows to be inserted. It can be in one of following formats:
- a
SELECTstatement - a
TABLEstatement - a
FROMstatement
- a
Examples
Single Row Insert Using a VALUES Clause
CREATE TABLE students (name VARCHAR(64), address VARCHAR(64))
USING PARQUET PARTITIONED BY (student_id INT);
INSERT INTO students VALUES
('Amy Smith', '123 Park Ave, San Jose', 111111);
SELECT * FROM students;
+---------+---------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+---------+---------------------+----------+
|Amy Smith|123 Park Ave,San Jose| 111111|
+---------+---------------------+----------+
Multi-Row Insert Using a VALUES Clause
INSERT INTO students VALUES
('Bob Brown', '456 Taylor St, Cupertino', 222222),
('Cathy Johnson', '789 Race Ave, Palo Alto', 333333);
SELECT * FROM students;
+-------------+------------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+-------------+------------------------+----------+
| Amy Smith| 123 Park Ave, San Jose| 111111|
+-------------+------------------------+----------+
| Bob Brown|456 Taylor St, Cupertino| 222222|
+-------------+------------------------+----------+
|Cathy Johnson| 789 Race Ave, Palo Alto| 333333|
+--------------+-----------------------+----------+
Insert Using a SELECT Statement
-- Assuming the persons table has already been created and populated.
SELECT * FROM persons;
+-------------+-------------------------+---------+
| name| address| ssn|
+-------------+-------------------------+---------+
|Dora Williams|134 Forest Ave, Melo Park|123456789|
+-------------+-------------------------+---------+
| Eddie Davis| 245 Market St, Milpitas|345678901|
+-------------+-------------------------+---------+
INSERT INTO students PARTITION (student_id = 444444)
SELECT name, address FROM persons WHERE name = "Dora Williams";
SELECT * FROM students;
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Amy Smith| 123 Park Ave, San Jose| 111111|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Bob Brown| 456 Taylor St, Cupertino| 222222|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Cathy Johnson| 789 Race Ave, Palo Alto| 333333|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Dora Williams|134 Forest Ave, Melo Park| 444444|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
Insert Using a TABLE Statement
-- Assuming the visiting_students table has already been created and populated.
SELECT * FROM visiting_students;
+-------------+---------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+-------------+---------------------+----------+
|Fleur Laurent|345 Copper St, London| 777777|
+-------------+---------------------+----------+
|Gordon Martin| 779 Lake Ave, Oxford| 888888|
+-------------+---------------------+----------+
INSERT INTO students TABLE visiting_students;
SELECT * FROM students;
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Amy Smith| 123 Park Ave,San Jose| 111111|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Bob Brown| 456 Taylor St, Cupertino| 222222|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Cathy Johnson| 789 Race Ave, Palo Alto| 333333|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Dora Williams|134 Forest Ave, Melo Park| 444444|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Fleur Laurent| 345 Copper St, London| 777777|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Gordon Martin| 779 Lake Ave, Oxford| 888888|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
Insert Using a FROM Statement
-- Assuming the applicants table has already been created and populated.
SELECT * FROM applicants;
+-----------+--------------------------+----------+---------+
| name| address|student_id|qualified|
+-----------+--------------------------+----------+---------+
|Helen Davis| 469 Mission St, San Diego| 999999| true|
+-----------+--------------------------+----------+---------+
| Ivy King|367 Leigh Ave, Santa Clara| 101010| false|
+-----------+--------------------------+----------+---------+
| Jason Wang| 908 Bird St, Saratoga| 121212| true|
+-----------+--------------------------+----------+---------+
INSERT INTO students
FROM applicants SELECT name, address, id applicants WHERE qualified = true;
SELECT * FROM students;
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| name| address|student_id|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Amy Smith| 123 Park Ave, San Jose| 111111|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Bob Brown| 456 Taylor St, Cupertino| 222222|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Cathy Johnson| 789 Race Ave, Palo Alto| 333333|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Dora Williams|134 Forest Ave, Melo Park| 444444|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Fleur Laurent| 345 Copper St, London| 777777|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
|Gordon Martin| 779 Lake Ave, Oxford| 888888|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Helen Davis|469 Mission St, San Diego| 999999|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+
| Jason Wang| 908 Bird St, Saratoga| 121212|
+-------------+-------------------------+----------+