MySQL Tutorial

MySQL Insert Query

Prem Tiwari - September 18, 2017 - MySQL Tutorial

In this tutorial, we will explain how you can insert data in MySQL table by using the MySQL insert query and it will also contains some example of MySQL queries.

Insert Query in MySQL

Below is the syntax of MySQL insert query:

INSERT INTO table_name ( field1, field2, field3...fieldN )

VALUES

( value1, value2, value3,...valueN );

In the above syntax, the field name is mandatory to insert the data in the table.

MySQL Insert Query Example 1)

1 2	INSERT INTO employee(emp_id, emp_name, salary) VALUES (002, 'Amit Kumar', 30000);

MySQL Insert Query Example 2) Inserting multiple records using one query:

You can insert the multiple records at one time instead of inserting the multiple time. Use the below MySQL query to insert multiple records.

INSERT INTO employee(emp_id, emp_name, salary) VALUES

(002, 'Amit Kumar', 30000),

(002, 'Deepika', 25000),

(002, 'Prem Tiwari', 40000),

(002, 'Ramesh Sharma', 21000),

(002, 'John', 32000);