INSERT

Description

Inserts data into a specific table. For detailed information about the application scenarios, see Load data with INSERT.

Syntax

INSERT INTO table_name
[ PARTITION (p1, ...) ]
[ WITH LABEL label]
[ (column_name [, ...]) ]
{ VALUES ( { expression | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) [, ...] | query }

Parameters

Parameter	Description
table_name	The name of the table into which you want to load data. It can be specified with the database the table resides as `db_name.table_name`.
partitions	The name of the target partition(s) to load data in. It must be set as partitions exist in the target table. If it is not specified, the data will be inserted into all partitions. Otherwise, the data will be inserted only into the specified partition(s).
label	The unique identification label for each data load transaction within the database. If it is not specified, the system automatically generates one for the transaction. We recommend you specify the label for the transaction. Otherwise, you cannot check the transaction status if a connection error occurs and no result is returned. You can check the transaction status via `SHOW LOAD WHERE label="label"` statement. For limitations on naming a label, see System Limits.
column_name	The name of the target column(s) to load data in. It must be set as columns exist in the target table. The order of columns specified in this property must match that of the data source, and the name of fields must match that of the target table. If no target column is specified, the default value is all columns in the target table. If the specified column in the source table does not exist in the target column, the default value will be written to this column, and the transaction will fail if the specified column does not have a default value. If the column type of the source table is inconsistent with that of the target table, the system will perform an implicit conversion on the mismatched column. If the conversion fails, a syntax parsing error will be returned.
expression	Expression that assigns values to the column.
DEFAULT	Assigns default value to the column.
query	Query statement whose result will be loaded into the target table. It can be any SQL statement supported by StarRocks.

Return

Query OK, 5 rows affected, 2 warnings (0.05 sec)
{'label':'insert_load_test', 'status':'VISIBLE', 'txnId':'1008'}

Return	Description
rows affected	Indicates how many rows are loaded. `warnings` indicates the rows that are filtered out.
label	The unique identification label for each data load transaction within the database. It can be assigned by user or automatically by the system.
status	Indicates if the loaded data is visible. `VISIBLE`: the data is successfully loaded and visible. `COMMITTED`: the data is successfully loaded but invisible for now.
txnId	The ID number corresponding to each INSERT transaction.

Usage notes

As for the current version, when StarRocks executes the INSERT INTO statement, if there is any row of data mismatches the target table format (for example, the string is too long), the INSERT transaction fails by default. You can set the session variable enable_insert_strict to false so that the system filters out the data that mismatches the target table format and continues to execute the transaction.

Example

The following examples are based on table test, which contains two columns c1 and c2. The c2 column has a default value of DEFAULT.

Import a row of data into thetesttable.

INSERT INTO test VALUES (1, 2);
INSERT INTO test (c1, c2) VALUES (1, 2);
INSERT INTO test (c1, c2) VALUES (1, DEFAULT);
INSERT INTO test (c1) VALUES (1);

When no target column is specified, the columns are loaded in sequential order into the target table by default. Therefore, in the above example, the outcomes of the first and second SQL statements are the same.

If there is a target column with no data inserted or data inserted using DEFAULT as the value, the column will use the default value as the loaded data. Therefore, in the above example, the outcomes of the third and fourth statements are the same.

Load multiple rows of data into thetesttable at one time.

INSERT INTO test VALUES (1, 2), (3, 2 + 2);
INSERT INTO test (c1, c2) VALUES (1, 2), (3, 2 * 2);
INSERT INTO test (c1, c2) VALUES (1, DEFAULT), (3, DEFAULT);
INSERT INTO test (c1) VALUES (1), (3);

Because the results of expressions are equivalent, the outcomes of the first and second statements are the same. The outcomes of the third and fourth statements are the same because they both use default value.

Import a query statement result into the test table.

INSERT INTO test SELECT * FROM test2;
INSERT INTO test (c1, c2) SELECT * from test2;

Import a query result into the test table, and specify partition and label.

INSERT INTO test PARTITION(p1, p2) WITH LABEL `label1` SELECT * FROM test2;
INSERT INTO test WITH LABEL `label1` (c1, c2) SELECT * from test2;

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