The INSERT INTO statement is used to insert a new row in a table.
THE INSERT INTO Syntax
It is posssible to write the INSERT INTO statement in two forms.
The first form doesn't specify the column names where the data will be inserted, only their values:
The second form specifies both the column names and the values to be inserted:
INSERT INTO Example
We have the following "Persons" table:
Insert Data Only in Specified Columns
It is also possible to only add data in specific columns.
The following SQL statement will add a new row, but only add data in the "P_Id", "LastName" and the "FirstName" columns:
The "Persons" table will now look like this: