Question

I would like to know if it is possible to insert multiple values in an INSERT statement with something like this:

INSERT INTO myTable VALUES ( constant , ARRAY(multipleValues) );

If this is not possible, I will use a stored procedure. My question is more for curiosity than for real purpose, since I’m using a working loop which inserts records once at a time and that does the job.

Answer 1

MySQL does not have an array data type. In order to pass an array from your application code into a MySQL query, you will need to explode it into a string.

You can then do:

INSERT INTO myTable
VALUES
  (constant, value1),
  (constant, value2),
  (constant, value3),
  -- etc.

Or:

INSERT INTO myTable
SELECT constant, t.value
FROM (
  SELECT value1 AS value
UNION ALL
  SELECT value2
UNION ALL
  SELECT value3
-- etc.
) AS t

Generally the first form is more concise, however the second form may be more useful if there is a large number of constant columns.