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Asked: 2026-05-20T08:28:29+00:00

I have a table called CountriesList with ID and Country columns. I have another

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I have a table called CountriesList with ID and Country columns.
I have another table called Entries which have a column named Country.

I would like to INSERT all the countries in Entries into CountriesList… I am using the following syntax:

INSERT INTO CountriesList ('Country') 
SELECT DISTINCT ('Country')
FROM  `Entries`

However, I get

1064 – You have an error in your SQL syntax

What is wrong with the syntax?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Don’t mix up single quotes (') and backticks (`).

    Backticks are for database and column names.

    Single quotes are used for strings.

    INSERT INTO `CountriesList`
(`Country`) 
SELECT DISTINCT `Country` FROM `Entries`
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