Question

Hi when i execute the following TSQL, i get the error message below. But there is nothing wrong with the SQL syntax is there?

create table #tb ([t1] tinyint, [t2] varchar(50))
insert into #tb values
    (1, 'a'), 
    (2, 'b')

Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 3
Incorrect syntax near ‘,’.

There is nothing else in the SQL query window. Running SQL Server 2005.

Answer 1

As jmoreno mentions, theVALUES (), () syntax is SQL Server 2008+ supported but you tagged this as SQL Server 2005.

Use:

CREATE TABLE #tb ([t1] tinyint, [t2] varchar(50))

INSERT INTO #tb 
SELECT 1, 'a'
UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'b'

It’s also possible to do this in a single query, using the SELECT ... INTO clause, but the temp table can’t already exist:

SELECT *
  INTO #tb
  FROM (SELECT CAST(1 AS TINYINT) AS t1, 
               CAST('a' AS VARCHAR(50)) AS t2
        UNION ALL
        SELECT 2, 'b') x