| From: | "D'Arcy" "J(dot)M(dot)" Cain <darcy(at)druid(dot)net> |
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| To: | zot(at)ZotConsulting(dot)com (Zot O'Connor) |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [SQL] Stupid SQl question on inserting items |
| Date: | 1999-05-25 19:31:15 |
| Message-ID: | m10mMux-0000bIC@druid.net |
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Thus spake Zot O'Connor
> This is a dumb basic level SQL question.
>
> is there any other way to insert records without having to fill in all
> of the values as in
>
> INSERT into table_name WITH VALUES (blah, blah, blah...)
Yes. Specify the fields in the insert.
INSERT INTO table_name (field1, field2, field4) VALUES (val1, val2, val4);
This is a good idea in any case even when inserting to all fields in case
something changes in the database schema.
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