Comments on: What is a SQL blind insert?

By: Xaprb

Xaprb — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:33:28 +0000

That is true. The last syntax has the limitation of being one row at a time, though. And I’m not sure it is supported on all RDBMSs. I think it was originally an Oracle extension to standard SQL that other vendors now support for compatibility. I’m looking at the draft SQL 2003 document, 5WD-02-Foundation-2003-09.pdf, section 14.8 and it looks like it’s a non-standard syntax. Still, it’s worth knowing about… and as I always say, use it if it makes sense to.

By: Sheeri

Sheeri — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:07:26 +0000

I'll also note that there are 2 ways to do an insert:

INSERT into apples (field1,field2....) select.....

and

INSERT into apples (field1,field2....) VALUES (....

are similar in syntax, and then there's

INSERT INTO Image set field1="foo",field2="bar",field3=12345;

Folks may feel more comfortable with the latter syntax, because they don't have to count which field they're on.

By: James at Explode Code

James at Explode Code — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:28:43 +0000

Interesting points. I’ve been sort of learning as I’ve gone along and looking at some code I wrote I’ve got a few blind inserts. I can see why it could easily become a problem when you change something in the database if it isn’t specified in the code.

Thanks!