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List:       mysql
Subject:    Re: insert question
From:       Michael Dykman <mdykman () gmail ! com>
Date:       2009-02-25 1:57:12
Message-ID: 814b9a820902241757u32426e6dsbf75783fb535bdd1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 8:53 PM, PJ <af.gourmet@videotron.ca> wrote:
> Is there a way to insert several rows into a table with one statement?
> I have this:
> $sql2 = "INSERT INTO authors
>                    (first_name, last_name, ordinal) VALUES
> ('$first_nameIN', '$last_nameIN', '1')";
>        $result2 = mysql_query($sql2, $db);
>
> I want to avoid doing another insert like:
> $sql3 = "INSERT INTO authors
>                    (first_name, last_name, ordinal) VALUES
> ('$first_name2IN', '$last_name2IN', '2')";
>        $result2 = mysql_query($sql2, $db);
>

$sql2 = "INSERT INTO authors
       (first_name, last_name, ordinal) VALUES
       ('$first_nameIN', '$last_nameIN', '1'),
       ('$first_name2IN', '$last_name2IN', '2')";


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