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content types of insertion

I have a CSV file that contains a lot of integer values. Is it better to insert these individual values in bulk as in a full transaction or should I be inserting the CSV file itself into the MySQL?
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Check if row exists

I need to write a query that will insert a row only once, even if the query is run multiple times. Being new to SQL (well new-ish), I did an if not exists(...) but a friend said he preferred deleting ...
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INSERT succeeds but all inserted values become NULL

I tired to execute an insert directly from phpMyAdmin as follows: INSERT INTO oracle.PLAYLIST_MUSIC ( TID, ID, STATUS, CREATED_BY, ...
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How can I append a column to an inner SQL statement?

I have two tables that have the same structure except one has an additional column that should be auto-incremented. Sequence and trigger are defined. I want to copy all data from one table to ...
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Multi-Table Join to Single Destination

I am having a serious performance issue with join together four tables and placing the results (in a certain permutation) into one destination table. I am using MSSQL 2008 and good ole T-SQL. To ...
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Extract some columns data from one table and insert into multiple tables

I have a table with 16,000 records and need to get out some columns and then insert values in multiples tables. For example, suppose I have the following tables tbl_1: id, name, lastname tbl_2: id, ...
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Help with a complicated MySQL Query inserting data using select from 2 tables

I am stuck with a case and unable to get the desired result from my query.. I have to insert into a table some records based on multiple records from 2 different tables.. Tables: Target: ...
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How Does Oracle Handle Multiple Concurrent INSERTs Against One Table

I am trying to understand Oracle 11g a little more closely. My question is simple: how does Oracle handle two sessions that are attempting to insert records into a single table at the same time. For ...
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Does the order of columns has a significant effect on INSERT?

Do we experience a noticeable difference in performance for these two queries? INSERT INTO table (col1, col2, col3, col4, col5) ... and INSERT INTO table (col5, col3, col1, col2, col4) ... Do we ...
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“on duplicate key update” all the non-key fields mentioned in the insert

How can I update the field values mentioned in the insert portion without listing them again in the on duplicate key update portion? insert into tablename set keyname = 'keyvalue', fieldname = ...
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Insert bulk Parent and Children rows using SQL Query

We receive bulk data from our customers in a spread sheet. I loaded them in a temporary table as of now. I tried to normalize the data and create a parent table and each parent to have 4 or 5 child ...
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How can I insert if key not exist with PostgreSQL?

I have a table: CREATE TABLE mytable (id SERIAL, name VARCHAR(10) PRIMARY KEY) Now I want to add names to this table, but only if they not exist in the table already, and in both cases return the ...
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How to insert values into a table from a select query in PostgreSQL?

I have a table items (item_id serial, name varchar(10), item_group int) and a table items_ver (id serial, item_id int, name varchar(10), item_group int). Now I want to insert a row into items_ver ...
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Insert to particular location in Oracle DB table?

Suppose I have a table containing the following data: Name | Things ------------- Foo | 5 Bar | 3 Baz | 8 If I want to insert a row, so that the final state of the table is: Name | Things ...
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nest SELECT in INSERT

I'm trying to do something like: INSERT INTO stories (vid, ip, body, timestamp) VALUES ( (SELECT vid+1 FROM stories ORDER BY vid DESC LIMIT 1), INET_ATON('127.0.0.1'), 'test', ...