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Oracle® Database PL/SQL Language Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10472-02
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INSERT Statement Extension

The PL/SQL extension to the SQL INSERT statement lets you specify a record name in the values_clause of the single_table_insert instead of specifying a column list in the insert_into_clause. Effectively, this form of the INSERT statement inserts the record into the table; actually, it adds a row to the table and gives each column of the row the value of the corresponding record field.

See Also:

Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for the syntax of the SQL INSERT statement

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Syntax

insert_into_clause ::=

integer_literal
Description of the illustration insert_into_clause.gif

values_clause ::=

numeric_literal
Description of the illustration values_clause.gif

Semantics

dml_table_expression_clause

Typically a table name. For complete information, see Oracle Database SQL Language Reference.

t_alias

An alias for the item described by dml_table_expression_clause.

record_name

The name of a record variable of type RECORD or %ROWTYPE. The record must represent a row of the item described by dml_table_expression_clause. That is, for every column of the row, the record must have a field with a compatible data type (see Table 3-10, "Possible Implicit PL/SQL Data Type Conversions"). If a column has a NOT NULL constraint, then its corresponding field cannot have a NULL value.

See Also:

Oracle Database SQL Language Reference for the complete syntax of the INSERT statement

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