Multi Row Inserts

Question

Is there any way of providing Multi Row Inserts in a single region.
I am looking for a way to add several records at once in a table format, much like the multi row update functionalty.
Is this possible?

Answer 1

Can you use an OUTPUT clause? See examples
MERGE INTO dbo.Customers AS TGT
USING dbo.CustomersStage AS SRC
  ON TGT.custid = SRC.custid
WHEN MATCHED THEN
  UPDATE SET
    TGT.companyname = SRC.companyname,
    TGT.phone = SRC.phone,
    TGT.address = SRC.address
WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN 
  INSERT (custid, companyname, phone, address)
  VALUES (SRC.custid, SRC.companyname, SRC.phone, SRC.address)
WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN
  DELETE
OUTPUT 
  $action AS the_action, deleted.custid AS del_custid, inserted.custid AS ins_custid;
Best Regards,Uri Dimant SQL Server MVP,
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