Question

I am using to using SQL Server. I’m trying to figure out how to insert multiple rows with one query.

In MySQL the query would be like this:

Code:

INSERT INTO Mytable (Name, Number) VALUES ('Joe', 18), ('Bob', 25), ('Mike', 7);

I tried a query like the one above in SQL Server and it gave me an error that said:

Incorrect syntax near ‘,’.

Is there a way to do this in SQL Server?

Answer 1

That syntax will work in SQL 2008; in SQL 2005, you have to do SELECTs and UNIONs

INSERT INTO Mytable (Name, Number) 
SELECT 'Joe', 18
UNION ALL SELECT 'Bob', 25
UNION ALL SELECT 'Mike', 7