20. Writing 4GL Statements : Database Access Statements : Using Insert to Add Data to Database Tables
 
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Using Insert to Add Data to Database Tables
To insert new rows of data into a database table, use the insert statement. For example, this statement adds a row to the Personnel table, transferring the contents of simple fields Lname, Fname, and Empnum to table columns last, first, and empnum, respectively:
insert into personnel (last, first, empnum) 
  values (lname, fname, empnum);
Appending values to a database table from a table field generally involves using the insert statement along with the unloadtable statement, which is described in Processing an Entire Table Field or Array with Unloadtable and unloadtable Statement—Loop Through Rows and Execute Statements. Unloadtable can also be used with arrays.