INSERT

Writing data.

Insert Into Statement

Syntax

INSERT INTO|OVERWRITE [db.]table [(c1, c2, c3)] VALUES (v11, v12, v13), (v21, v22, v23), ...

tip

Local engine is one of Memory, Parquet, JSONEachRow, Null or CSV, data will be stored in the DatabendQuery memory/fs locally.

Remote engine is remote, will be stored in the remote DatabendStore cluster.

Examples

Memory engine

Example:

CREATE TABLE test(a INT UNSIGNED, b Varchar) Engine = Fuse;

INSERT INTO test(a,b) values(888, 'stars');
INSERT INTO test values(1024, 'stars');

SELECT * FROM test;
+------+-------+
| a    | b     |
+------+-------+
|  888 | stars |
| 1024 | stars |
+------+-------+

INSERT OVERWRITE test values(2048, 'stars');
SELECT * FROM test;
+------+-------+
| a    | b     |
+------+-------+
| 2048 | stars |
+------+-------+

Inserting the Results of SELECT

Syntax

INSERT INTO [db.]table [(c1, c2, c3)] SELECT ...

tip

Columns are mapped according to their position in the SELECT clause, So the number of columns in SELECT should be greater or equal to the INSERT table.

The data type of columns in the SELECT and INSERT table could be different, if necessary, type casting will be performed.

Examples

Example:

CREATE TABLE select_table(a VARCHAR, b VARCHAR, c VARCHAR);
INSERT INTO select_table values('1','11','abc');

SELECT * FROM select_table;
+------+------+------+
| a    | b    | c    |
+------+------+------+
| 1    | 11   | abc  |
+------+------+------+

CREATE TABLE test(c1 TINTINT UNSIGNED, c2 BIGINT UNSIGNED, c3 VARCHAR) ;
INSERT INTO test SELECT * FROM select_table;

SELECT * from test;
+------+------+------+
| c1   | c2   | c3   |
+------+------+------+
|    1 |   11 | abc  |
+------+------+------+

Aggregate Example:

-- create table
CREATE TABLE base_table(a INT);
CREATE TABLE aggregate_table(b INT);

-- insert some data to base_table
INSERT INTO base_table VALUES(1),(2),(3),(4),(5),(6);

-- insert into aggregate_table from the aggregation
INSERT INTO aggregate_table SELECT SUM(a) FROM base_table GROUP BY a%3;

SELECT * FROM aggregate_table ORDER BY b;
+------+
| b    |
+------+
|    5 |
|    7 |
|    9 |
+------+

Insert with DEFAULT to fill default value

Syntax

INSERT INTO [db.]table [(c1, c2, c3)] VALUES (v1|DEFAULT, v2|DEFAULT, v3|DEFAULT) ...

Examples

create table t_insert_default(a int null, b int default 2, c float, d varchar default 'd');

insert into t_insert_default values (default, default, default, default), (1, default, 1.0, default), (3, 3, 3.0, default), (4, 4, 4.0, 'a');

select * from t_insert_default;
+------+------+------+------+
| a    | b    | c    | d    |
+------+------+------+------+
| NULL |    2 |  0.0 | d    |
|    1 |    2 |  1.0 | d    |
|    3 |    3 |  3.0 | d    |
|    4 |    4 |  4.0 | a    |
+------+------+------+------+