How to multiple insert or batch insert at a time in MySQL query?



You need to use VALUES() with comma separation for multiple insert or batch insert at a time. Use the following syntax that does not produce an invalid MySQL query on insert. The syntax is as follows:

INSERT INTO yourTableName VALUES(yourValue1),(yourValue1),(yourValue2),(yourValue3),(yourValue4),(yourValue5),.......N;

To understand the above syntax, let us create a table. The query to create a table is as follows:

mysql> create table addMultipleValues    -> (    -> Counter int NOT NULL    -> ); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.60 sec)

Now you can insert batch records in the table using VALUES() with comma separation. The query to insert record is as follows:

mysql> insert into addMultipleValues values(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6),(7),(8),(9),(10); Query OK, 10 rows affected (0.27 sec) Records: 10 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0

Now display all records from the table using select statement. The query is as follows:

mysql> select *from addMultipleValues;

The following is the output:

+---------+ | Counter | +---------+ |       1 | |       2 | |       3 | |       4 | | 5 | | 6 | | 7 | | 8 | | 9 | | 10 | +---------+ 10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:24+05:30

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