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INSERT | TiDB SQL Statement Reference
An overview of the usage of INSERT for the TiDB database.
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INSERT

This statement inserts new rows into a table.

Synopsis

InsertIntoStmt ::=
    'INSERT' TableOptimizerHints PriorityOpt IgnoreOptional IntoOpt TableName PartitionNameListOpt InsertValues OnDuplicateKeyUpdate

TableOptimizerHints ::=
    hintComment?

PriorityOpt ::=
    ( 'LOW_PRIORITY' | 'HIGH_PRIORITY' | 'DELAYED' )?

IgnoreOptional ::=
    'IGNORE'?

IntoOpt  ::= 'INTO'?

TableName ::=
    Identifier ( '.' Identifier )?

PartitionNameListOpt ::=
    ( 'PARTITION' '(' Identifier ( ',' Identifier )* ')' )?

InsertValues ::=
    '(' ( ColumnNameListOpt ')' ( ValueSym ValuesList | SelectStmt | '(' SelectStmt ')' | UnionStmt ) | SelectStmt ')' )
|   ValueSym ValuesList
|   SelectStmt
|   UnionStmt
|   'SET' ColumnSetValue? ( ',' ColumnSetValue )*

OnDuplicateKeyUpdate ::=
    ( 'ON' 'DUPLICATE' 'KEY' 'UPDATE' AssignmentList )?

Examples

mysql> CREATE TABLE t1 (a INT);
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)

mysql> CREATE TABLE t2 LIKE t1;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.11 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.02 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO t1 (a) VALUES (1);
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO t2 SELECT * FROM t1;
Query OK, 2 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 2  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> SELECT * FROM t1;
+------+
| a    |
+------+
|    1 |
|    1 |
+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SELECT * FROM t2;
+------+
| a    |
+------+
|    1 |
|    1 |
+------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2),(3),(4);
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.02 sec)
Records: 3  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> SELECT * FROM t2;
+------+
| a    |
+------+
|    1 |
|    1 |
|    2 |
|    3 |
|    4 |
+------+
5 rows in set (0.00 sec)

MySQL compatibility

This statement is understood to be fully compatible with MySQL. Any compatibility differences should be reported via an issue on GitHub.

See also