To insert data into MySQL table you would need to use SQL INSERT INTO command. You can insert data into MySQL table by using mysql> prompt or by using any script like PHP.
Syntax:
Here is generic SQL syntax of INSERT INTO command to insert data into MySQL table:
INSERT INTO table_name ( field1, field2,...fieldN )
VALUES
( value1, value2,...valueN );
To insert string data types it is required to keep all the values into double or single quote, for example:- "value".
Inserting Data from Command Prompt:
This will use SQL INSERT INTO command to insert data into MySQL table tutorials_tbl
Example:
Following example will create 3 records into tutorials_tbl table:
root@host# mysql -u root -p password;
Enter password:*******
mysql> use TUTORIALS;
Database changed
mysql> INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl
->(tutorial_title, tutorial_author, submission_date)
->VALUES
->("Learn PHP", "John Poul", NOW());
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl
->(tutorial_title, tutorial_author, submission_date)
->VALUES
->("Learn MySQL", "Abdul S", NOW());
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> INSERT INTO tutorials_tbl
->(tutorial_title, tutorial_author, submission_date)
->VALUES
->("JAVA Tutorial", "Sanjay", '2007-05-06');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
mysql>
NOTE: Please note that all the arrow signs (->) are not part of SQL command they are indicating a new line and they are created automatically by MySQL prompt while pressing enter key without giving a semi colon at the end of each line of the command.
In the above example we have not provided tutorial_id because at the time of table create we had given AUTO_INCREMENT option for this field. So MySQL takes care of inserting these IDs automatically. Here NOW() is a MySQL function which returns current date and time.