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Asked: 2026-06-10T20:43:13+00:00

CREATE DATABASE Exercise USE Exercise; Go CREATE TABLE Employees ( EmployeeNumber nchar(10), EmployeeName nvarchar(50),

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CREATE DATABASE Exercise

USE Exercise;
Go

CREATE TABLE Employees
(
EmployeeNumber nchar(10),
EmployeeName nvarchar(50),
DateHired datetime,
HourlySalary money
);
GO


INSERT INTO Employees
VALUES(N'593705', N'Frank Somah', N'20061004', 26.15),
(N'720947', N'Paul Handsome', N'20000802', 36.05);
GO

INSERT INTO Employees(EmployeeName, EmployeeNumber, DateHired)
VALUES(N'Clarice Simms', N'971403', N'20011112');
GO

The insert statement is not working.
Incorrect syntax near ‘,’.

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  1. Editorial Team

    In SQL Server 2005 you cannot use a , between values:

    Replace:

    INSERT INTO Employees
VALUES(N'593705', N'Frank Somah', N'20061004', 26.15),
(N'720947', N'Paul Handsome', N'20000802', 36.05);

    with a SELECT with UNION ALL or multiple INSERT...VALUES...:

    INSERT INTO Employees
SELECT N'593705', N'Frank Somah', N'20061004', 26.15 
UNION ALL
SELECT N'720947', N'Paul Handsome', N'20000802', 36.05

INSERT INTO Employees
Values(N'593705', N'Frank Somah', N'20061004', 26.15)

INSERT INTO Employees
Values(N'720947', N'Paul Handsome', N'20000802', 36.05)
GO

INSERT INTO Employees(EmployeeName, EmployeeNumber, DateHired)
VALUES(N'Clarice Simms', N'971403', N'20011112');
GO

    So your full script would be:

    CREATE TABLE Employees
(
    EmployeeNumber nchar(10),
    EmployeeName nvarchar(50),
    DateHired datetime,
    HourlySalary money
);
GO


INSERT INTO Employees
select N'593705', N'Frank Somah', N'20061004', 26.15
union all
select N'720947', N'Paul Handsome', N'20000802', 36.05
GO

INSERT INTO Employees(EmployeeName, EmployeeNumber, DateHired)
VALUES(N'Clarice Simms', N'971403', N'20011112');
GO
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