Function

Summary

Inserts a set of values into a table.

Package

sql

Signature

insert-records &key into attributes values av-pairs query database

Arguments

into

A database table.

values

A list of values, or nil

attributes

A list of attributes, or nil

av-pairs

A list of two-element lists, or nil.

query

A query expression, or nil.

database

A database.

Values

None.

Description

The function insert-records inserts records into the table into.

The records created contain values for attributes (or av-pairs). The argument values is a list of values. If attributes is supplied then values must be a corresponding list of values for each of the listed attribute names.

If av-pairs is non-nil, then both attributes and values must be nil.

If query is non-nil, then neither values nor av-pairs should be. query should be a query expression, and the attribute names in it must also exist in the table into.

The default value of database is *default-database*.

Example

In the first example, the Lisp expression

(insert-records :into [person]

   :values '("abc" "Joe" "Bloggs" 10000 3000 nil

              "plumber"))

is equivalent to the following SQL:

INSERT INTO PERSON

  VALUES ('abc','Joe',

               'Bloggs',10000,3000,NULL,'plumber')

In the second example, the LispWorks expression

(insert-records :into [person]

   :attributes '(person_id income surname occupation)

   :values '("aaa" 10 "jim" "plumb"))

is equivalent to the following SQL:

INSERT INTO PERSON

   (PERSON_ID,INCOME,SURNAME,OCCUPATION)

   VALUES ('aaa',10,'jim','plumb')

The following example demonstrates how to use :av-pairs.

(insert-records :into [person] :av-pairs

        '((person_id "bbb") (surname "Jones")))

See also

*default-database*
delete-records
update-records