Help with simple INSERT statement?

Question

How can I do an insert into Oracle without having to
specify EVERY field name in the table? This isn't necessary
with Access or
SQL Server, which will insert null's in the non-specified
fields, the Oracle SQL
tool tells me that there aren't enough field values when I run
this SQL Statement:
INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME VALUES (1234, 'test', 'test')
There are over 10 different fields, but I get the error message:
Native Error Code 947, Not enough values.
TIA
Kris
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Answer 1

Kristofer Goss (guest) wrote:
: How can I do an insert into Oracle without having to
: specify EVERY field name in the table? This isn't necessary
: with Access or
: SQL Server, which will insert null's in the non-specified
: fields, the Oracle SQL
: tool tells me that there aren't enough field values when I run
: this SQL Statement:
: INSERT INTO TABLE_NAME VALUES (1234, 'test', 'test')
: There are over 10 different fields, but I get the error
message:
: Native Error Code 947, Not enough values.
: TIA
: Kris
You may omit the columns list, but if you do then the VALUES
clause must provide values for every column in the table.
FOR EXAMPLE: if your table were created as follows:
COLUMN_1 NOT NULL, VARCHAR2(4)
COLUMN_2 NUMBER(6)
COLUMN_3 DATE
COLUMN_4 VARCHAR2(4)
You could submit a statement like:
insert into my_table VALUES ('ALLA', , , 'XYZ');
You could also submit a statement like:
insert into my_table (column_1, column_4) VALUES ('ALLA', 'XYZ');
If you do not want to store any value in a particular column,
then that column must be allowed to accept NULLs.
Hope this helps.
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