INSERT

Syntax

1. INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | DELAYED | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE]

[INTO] tbl_name
[PARTITION (partition_name,...)] 
[(col_name,...)]
{VALUES | VALUE} ({expr | DEFAULT},...),(...),...
[ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
  col_name=expr
    [, col_name=expr] ... ]

1. INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | DELAYED | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE]

[INTO] tbl_name
[PARTITION (partition_name,...)]
SET col_name={expr | DEFAULT}, ...
[ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
  col_name=expr
    [, col_name=expr] ... ]

1. INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE]

[INTO] tbl_name
[PARTITION (partition_name,...)] 
[(col_name,...)]
SELECT ...
[ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
  col_name=expr
    [, col_name=expr] ... ]

1. An expression expr can refer to any column that was set earlier in a value list. For example, you can do this because the value for col2 refers to col1, which has previously been assigned:

INSERT INTO tbl_name (col1,col2) VALUES(15,col1*2);

1. INSERT statements that use VALUES syntax can insert multiple rows. To do this, include multiple lists of column values, each enclosed within parentheses and separated by commas. Example:

INSERT INTO tbl_name (a,b,c) VALUES(1,2,3),(4,5,6),(7,8,9);

1. The values list for each row must be enclosed within parentheses. The following statement is illegal because the number of values in the list does not match the number of column names:

INSERT INTO tbl_name (a,b,c) VALUES(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9);

1. INSERT … SELECT Syntax

INSERT [LOW_PRIORITY | HIGH_PRIORITY] [IGNORE]

[INTO] tbl_name 
[PARTITION (partition_name,...)]
[(col_name,...)]
SELECT ...
[ ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE col_name=expr, ... ]

1. With INSERT … SELECT, you can quickly insert many rows into a table from one or many tables. For example:

INSERT INTO tbl_temp2 (fld_id) SELECT tbl_temp1.fld_order_id FROM tbl_temp1 WHERE tbl_temp1.fld_order_id > 100;

Remarks

Official INSERT Syntax