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There is what may actually be a mistake in our markup. The problem is in a situation like <para> <command>FOO</command> is ... there is strictly speaking a line break before "FOO". In the HTML output, this does not appear to be a problem, but in the man page output, this shows up, so you get double blank lines at odd places. So far, we have attempted to work around this with an XSL hack, but that causes other problems, such as creating run-ins in places like <acronym>SQL</acronym> <command>COPY</command> So fix the problem properly by removing the extra whitespace. I only fixed the problems that affect the man page output, not all the places.
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doc/src/sgml/ref/insert.sgml
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PostgreSQL documentation
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<refentry id="SQL-INSERT">
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>INSERT</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
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<refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>INSERT</refname>
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<refpurpose>create new rows in a table</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<indexterm zone="sql-insert">
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<primary>INSERT</primary>
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</indexterm>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<synopsis>
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[ WITH [ RECURSIVE ] <replaceable class="parameter">with_query</replaceable> [, ...] ]
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INSERT INTO <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable> [, ...] ) ]
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{ DEFAULT VALUES | VALUES ( { <replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable> | DEFAULT } [, ...] ) [, ...] | <replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> }
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[ RETURNING * | <replaceable class="parameter">output_expression</replaceable> [ [ AS ] <replaceable class="parameter">output_name</replaceable> ] [, ...] ]
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</synopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para>
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<command>INSERT</command> inserts new rows into a table.
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One can insert one or more rows specified by value expressions,
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or zero or more rows resulting from a query.
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</para>
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<para>
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The target column names can be listed in any order. If no list of
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column names is given at all, the default is all the columns of the
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table in their declared order; or the first <replaceable>N</> column
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names, if there are only <replaceable>N</> columns supplied by the
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<literal>VALUES</> clause or <replaceable>query</>. The values
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supplied by the <literal>VALUES</> clause or <replaceable>query</> are
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associated with the explicit or implicit column list left-to-right.
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</para>
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<para>
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Each column not present in the explicit or implicit column list will be
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filled with a default value, either its declared default value
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or null if there is none.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the expression for any column is not of the correct data type,
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automatic type conversion will be attempted.
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</para>
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<para>
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The optional <literal>RETURNING</> clause causes <command>INSERT</>
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to compute and return value(s) based on each row actually inserted.
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This is primarily useful for obtaining values that were supplied by
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defaults, such as a serial sequence number. However, any expression
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using the table's columns is allowed. The syntax of the
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<literal>RETURNING</> list is identical to that of the output list
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of <command>SELECT</>.
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</para>
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<para>
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You must have <literal>INSERT</literal> privilege on a table in
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order to insert into it. If a column list is specified, you only
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need <literal>INSERT</literal> privilege on the listed columns.
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Use of the <literal>RETURNING</> clause requires <literal>SELECT</>
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privilege on all columns mentioned in <literal>RETURNING</>.
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If you use the <replaceable
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class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> clause to insert rows from a
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query, you of course need to have <literal>SELECT</literal> privilege on
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any table or column used in the query.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Parameters</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="parameter">with_query</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The <literal>WITH</literal> clause allows you to specify one or more
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subqueries that can be referenced by name in the <command>INSERT</>
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query. See <xref linkend="queries-with"> and <xref linkend="sql-select">
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for details.
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</para>
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<para>
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It is possible for the <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable>
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(<command>SELECT</command> statement)
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to also contain a <literal>WITH</literal> clause. In such a case both
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sets of <replaceable>with_query</replaceable> can be referenced within
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the <replaceable class="parameter">query</replaceable>, but the
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second one takes precedence since it is more closely nested.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name (optionally schema-qualified) of an existing table.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The name of a column in <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>.
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The column name can be qualified with a subfield name or array
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subscript, if needed. (Inserting into only some fields of a
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composite column leaves the other fields null.)
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>DEFAULT VALUES</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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All columns will be filled with their default values.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">expression</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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An expression or value to assign to the corresponding <replaceable
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class="PARAMETER">column</replaceable>.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><literal>DEFAULT</literal></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The corresponding <replaceable>column</replaceable> will be filled with
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its default value.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A query (<command>SELECT</command> statement) that supplies the
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rows to be inserted. Refer to the
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<xref linkend="sql-select">
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statement for a description of the syntax.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">output_expression</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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An expression to be computed and returned by the <command>INSERT</>
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command after each row is inserted. The expression can use any
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column names of the <replaceable class="PARAMETER">table</replaceable>.
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Write <literal>*</> to return all columns of the inserted row(s).
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><replaceable class="PARAMETER">output_name</replaceable></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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A name to use for a returned column.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Outputs</title>
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<para>
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On successful completion, an <command>INSERT</> command returns a command
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tag of the form
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<screen>
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INSERT <replaceable>oid</replaceable> <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
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</screen>
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The <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable> is the number
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of rows inserted. If <replaceable class="parameter">count</replaceable>
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is exactly one, and the target table has OIDs, then
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<replaceable class="parameter">oid</replaceable> is the
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<acronym>OID</acronym> assigned to the inserted row. Otherwise
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<replaceable class="parameter">oid</replaceable> is zero.
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</para>
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<para>
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If the <command>INSERT</> command contains a <literal>RETURNING</>
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clause, the result will be similar to that of a <command>SELECT</>
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statement containing the columns and values defined in the
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<literal>RETURNING</> list, computed over the row(s) inserted by the
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command.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>
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Insert a single row into table <literal>films</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films VALUES
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('UA502', 'Bananas', 105, '1971-07-13', 'Comedy', '82 minutes');
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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In this example, the <literal>len</literal> column is
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omitted and therefore it will have the default value:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
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VALUES ('T_601', 'Yojimbo', 106, '1961-06-16', 'Drama');
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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This example uses the <literal>DEFAULT</literal> clause for
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the date columns rather than specifying a value:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films VALUES
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('UA502', 'Bananas', 105, DEFAULT, 'Comedy', '82 minutes');
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INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind)
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VALUES ('T_601', 'Yojimbo', 106, DEFAULT, 'Drama');
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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To insert a row consisting entirely of default values:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films DEFAULT VALUES;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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To insert multiple rows using the multirow <command>VALUES</> syntax:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films (code, title, did, date_prod, kind) VALUES
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('B6717', 'Tampopo', 110, '1985-02-10', 'Comedy'),
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('HG120', 'The Dinner Game', 140, DEFAULT, 'Comedy');
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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This example inserts some rows into table
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<literal>films</literal> from a table <literal>tmp_films</literal>
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with the same column layout as <literal>films</literal>:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO films SELECT * FROM tmp_films WHERE date_prod < '2004-05-07';
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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This example inserts into array columns:
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<programlisting>
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-- Create an empty 3x3 gameboard for noughts-and-crosses
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INSERT INTO tictactoe (game, board[1:3][1:3])
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VALUES (1, '{{" "," "," "},{" "," "," "},{" "," "," "}}');
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-- The subscripts in the above example aren't really needed
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INSERT INTO tictactoe (game, board)
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VALUES (2, '{{X," "," "},{" ",O," "},{" ",X," "}}');
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Insert a single row into table <literal>distributors</literal>, returning
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the sequence number generated by the <literal>DEFAULT</literal> clause:
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<programlisting>
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INSERT INTO distributors (did, dname) VALUES (DEFAULT, 'XYZ Widgets')
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RETURNING did;
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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<para>
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Increment the sales count of the salesperson who manages the
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account for Acme Corporation, and record the whole updated row
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along with current time in a log table:
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<programlisting>
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WITH upd AS (
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UPDATE employees SET sales_count = sales_count + 1 WHERE id =
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(SELECT sales_person FROM accounts WHERE name = 'Acme Corporation')
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RETURNING *
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)
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INSERT INTO employees_log SELECT *, current_timestamp FROM upd;
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</programlisting></para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Compatibility</title>
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<para>
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<command>INSERT</command> conforms to the SQL standard, except that
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the <literal>RETURNING</> clause is a
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<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension, as is the ability
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to use <literal>WITH</> with <command>INSERT</>.
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Also, the case in
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which a column name list is omitted, but not all the columns are
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filled from the <literal>VALUES</> clause or <replaceable>query</>,
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is disallowed by the standard.
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</para>
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<para>
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Possible limitations of the <replaceable
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class="PARAMETER">query</replaceable> clause are documented under
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<xref linkend="sql-select">.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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