Re: "there is no way to insert less than one row"

Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: max1@inbox.ru, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-04-07T11:54:34Z
Lists: pgsql-docs
On 25.03.21 00:55, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> : When a table is created, it contains no data. The first thing to do
> : before a database can be of much use is to insert data. Data is
> : inserted one row at a time. Of course you can also insert
> : more than one row in a single command, but it is not possible to
> : insert something that is not a complete row.
> : Even if you know only some column values, a complete row is created.
> 
> The next paragraphs explain that omitted columns are defaulted, which
> IMO flows neatly from here.

done that way



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