MySQL multi insert

Posted by: Paul on: October 29, 2007

• In: SQL
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I really wish I’d known this a long, long time ago:

insert into `mytable` (fname, lname, address) values ("john", "doe", "123 some st"), ("jane", "doe", "456 other st")

This wee gem allows an application to add multiple rows to a table in one simple query.

Say goodbye to those processor intensive loops…