Question

I would like to create e.g. 1000 rows with the same values for each column in my table (the only difference would be the autoincrement first id column), however I do not know how to write this mysql statement.

Any suggestion?

Answer 1

create table mytest (
id int not null auto_increment primary key,
col1 varchar(10),
col2 varchar(10)
) engine = myisam;

delimiter //
create procedure populate (in num int)
begin
declare i int default 0;
while i < num do
insert into mytest (col1,col2) values ('col1_value','col2_value');
set i = i + 1;
end while;
end //
delimiter ;

call populate (1000);