Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sHVFq-008LnB-6k for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:11:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sHVFm-007CQB-VF for pgsql-general@arkaria.postgresql.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:11:35 +0000 Received: from magus.postgresql.org ([2a02:c0:301:0:ffff::29]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sHVFm-007CPy-Js for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:11:35 +0000 Received: from mail.appl-ecosys.com ([50.126.108.78]) by magus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.94.2) (envelope-from ) id 1sHVFk-001LiS-UQ for pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 21:11:34 +0000 Received: from salmo.appl-ecosys.com (salmo.appl-ecosys.com [192.168.55.1]) by mail.appl-ecosys.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E7F62A2B7C for ; Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:11:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2024 14:11:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Rich Shepard Reply-To: Rich Shepard To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org Subject: Definging columns for INSERT statements Message-ID: <27d9076-c416-7847-7bd-159a5c3ee38a@appl-ecosys.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk I have > 100 rows to add to a table using INSERT INTO statements. I want the PK to be the next value in the sequence. Would this be the appropriate syntax for the columns to be entered? INSERT INTO people (person_nbr DEFAULT('people_person_nbr_seq'),lname,fname,job_title DEFAULT 'Contact',company_nbr,loc_nbr,direct_phone,cell_phone,email,active DEFAULT('true')) VALUES ( ... TIA, Rich