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INSERT()
NAME
  INSERT - create new rows in a table

SYNOPSIS
  INSERT INTO table [ ( column [, ...] ) ]
      { DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) | query }

DESCRIPTION
  INSERT inserts new rows into a table.	 One can insert a single row
  specified by value expressions, or several rows as a result of a query.

  The target column names may be listed in any order. If no list of column
  names is given at all, the default is all the columns of the table in their
  declared order; or the first N column names, if there are only N columns
  supplied by the VALUES clause or query. The values supplied by the VALUES
  clause or query are associated with the explicit or implicit column list
  left-to-right.

  Each column not present in the explicit or implicit column list will be
  filled with a default value, either its declared default value or null if
  there is none.

  If the expression for any column is not of the correct data type, automatic
  type conversion will be attempted.

  You must have INSERT privilege to a table in order to insert into it. If
  you use the query clause to insert rows from a query, you also need to have
  SELECT privilege on any table used in the query.

PARAMETERS
  table
       The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing table.

  column
       The name of a column in table.  The column name can be qualified with
       a subfield name or array subscript, if needed. (Inserting into only
       some fields of a composite column leaves the other fields null.)

  DEFAULT VALUES
       All columns will be filled with their default values.

  expression
       An expression or value to assign to the corresponding column.

  DEFAULT
       The corresponding column will be filled with its default value.

  query
       A query (SELECT statement) that supplies the rows to be inserted.
       Refer to the SELECT statement for a description of the syntax.

OUTPUTS
  On successful completion, an INSERT command returns a command tag of the
  form

  INSERT oid count

  The count is the number of rows inserted. If count is exactly one, and the
  target table has OIDs, then oid is the OID assigned to the inserted row.
  Otherwise oid is zero.

EXAMPLES
  Insert a single row into table films:

  INSERT INTO films VALUES
      ('UA502', 'Bananas', 105, '1971-07-13', 'Comedy', '82 minutes');

  In this example, the len column is omitted and therefore it will have the
  default value:

  INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
      VALUES ('T_601', 'Yojimbo', 106, '1961-06-16', 'Drama');

  This example uses the DEFAULT clause for the date columns rather than
  specifying a value:

  INSERT INTO films VALUES
      ('UA502', 'Bananas', 105, DEFAULT, 'Comedy', '82 minutes');
  INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
      VALUES ('T_601', 'Yojimbo', 106, DEFAULT, 'Drama');

  To insert a row consisting entirely of default values:

  INSERT INTO films DEFAULT VALUES;

  This example inserts some rows into table films from a table tmp_films with
  the same column layout as films:

  INSERT INTO films SELECT * FROM tmp_films WHERE date_prod < '2004-05-07';

  This example inserts into array columns:

  -- Create an empty 3x3 gameboard for noughts-and-crosses
  -- (these commands create the same board)
  INSERT INTO tictactoe (game, board[1:3][1:3])
      VALUES (1,'{{"","",""},{"","",""},{"","",""}}');
  INSERT INTO tictactoe (game, board)
      VALUES (2,'{{,,},{,,},{,,}}');

COMPATIBILITY
  INSERT conforms to the SQL standard. The case in which a column name list
  is omitted, but not all the columns are filled from the VALUES clause or
  query, is disallowed by the standard.

  Possible limitations of the query clause are documented under SELECT
  [select(5)].

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