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Adding a row

INSERT INTO table (columns) VALUES (values), in the same order.

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What it is for

Every form submission and import ends here.

How to think about it

Which columns, in which order? Always list the columns. A table gains a column later and the unlisted INSERT breaks.

Worked example

INSERT INTO films (title, year, minutes)
Named columns.
VALUES ('Arrival', 2016, 116);
Same order.

Your turn

Insert a director.

INSERT INTO directors (name)  ('Villeneuve');

The trap

Quoting numbers or not quoting text. SQLite is lenient; most databases are not.

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