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SQLInsert

Input Output Alias

Description

Outputs data as a sequence of INSERT INTO table (columns...) VALUES (...), (...) ...; statements.

Example usage

Example:

SELECT number AS x, number + 1 AS y, 'Hello' AS z FROM numbers(10) FORMAT SQLInsert SETTINGS output_format_sql_insert_max_batch_size = 2
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (0, 1, 'Hello'), (1, 2, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (2, 3, 'Hello'), (3, 4, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (4, 5, 'Hello'), (5, 6, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (6, 7, 'Hello'), (7, 8, 'Hello');
INSERT INTO table (x, y, z) VALUES (8, 9, 'Hello'), (9, 10, 'Hello');

To read data output by this format you can use MySQLDump input format.

Format settings

Setting Description Default
output_format_sql_insert_max_batch_size The maximum number of rows in one INSERT statement. 65505
output_format_sql_insert_table_name The name of the table in the output INSERT query. 'table'
output_format_sql_insert_include_column_names Include column names in INSERT query. true
output_format_sql_insert_use_replace Use REPLACE statement instead of INSERT. false
output_format_sql_insert_quote_names Quote column names with “`” characters. true
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