A-level Computing/AQA/Paper 2/Fundamentals of databases/INSERT
We might also want to add new things to our database, for example when we are adding new Criminal records or a new friendship link on Facebook. To add new records we use the INSERT command with values of the fields we want to insert:
INSERT INTO crooks
VALUES (1234,'Julie', 'female','12/12/1994','Little Maplestead',67)
Sometimes we might not want to insert all the fields, some of them might not be compulsory:
INSERT INTO crooks (ID, name, town) --specific fields to insert into
VALUES (999, 'Frederick', 'Shotley')
| ID | name | gender | DoB | town | numScars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff | male | 12/05/1982 | Hull | 0 |
| 2 | Jane | female | 05/08/1956 | York | 1 |
| 3 | Keith | male | 07/02/1999 | Snape | 6 |
| 4 | Oliver | male | 22/08/1976 | Blaxhall | 2 |
| 5 | Kelly | female | 11/11/1911 | East Ham | 10 |
| 6 | Marea | female | 14/07/1940 | Wythenshawe | 6 |
| 1234 | Julie | female | 12/12/1994 | Little Maplestead | 67 |
| 999 | Frederick | Shotley |
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Exercise: INSERT statements Using the above data set, write an INSERT statement to create the following person: name: Gerry town: Keele gender: male numScars: 9 ID: 12 DoB: 13/12/1987 Answer: Be careful, you must insert the fields in the order they are specified in the table INSERT INTO crooks
VALUES (12, 'Gerry', 'male', '13/12/1987', 'Keele', 9)
Alternatively you could use the field headings, but this is a little cumbersome: INSERT INTO crooks (name, town, gender, numScars, ID, DoB)
VALUES ('Gerry', 'Keele', 'male', 9, 12, '13/12/1987')
Using the above data set, write an INSERT statement to create the following person: name: Kelly-Ann gender: female numScars: 1 Answer: INSERT INTO crooks (name, gender, numScars)
VALUES ('Kelly-Ann', 'female', 1)
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