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Question 10. Inserting Rows

How many number of rows, I can insert into a table simultaenously?

Answer :

Method 1:

If you want to insert multiple rows with a single INSERT statement, you can use a subquery instead of the VALUES clause. Rows returned from the subquery will be inserted the target table.

Example:

INSERT INTO tablename1

SELECT fieldnamelist FROM tablename WHERE condition

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