From: Dan Nelson
Date: March 31 2005 8:01pm
Subject: Re: How does a multi-row INSERT work?
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In the last episode (Mar 31), Chris W. Parker said:
> I searched the archives, looked through the manual, and searched
> google for info on how to actually perform a multi-row INSERT but
> didn't find an answer.
> 
> Would someone please show me the syntax for this please?
> 
> I could just do a loop and INSERT the data that way but according to the
> manual, a multi-row INSERT is faster.

The syntax is described in the manual, but not with an explicit
example.  One of the user comments gives an exaple.
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/insert.html

INSERT INTO mytable (f1,f2,f3) VALUES (1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9);

will insert three rows.  Just tack as many ,(...) clauses on the end as
you want.

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	Dan Nelson
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